diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/opensongimport.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/opensongimport.py
index 8c675b9ab..e22f6f34d 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/opensongimport.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/opensongimport.py
@@ -159,8 +159,11 @@ class OpenSongImport(SongImport):
         Process the OpenSong file - pass in a file-like object,
         not a filename
         """
-        self.authors = []
-        self.verse_order_list = []
+        self.set_defaults()
+        # Setup blank storage to append to
+        verse_order_list = []
+        topics = []
+        verselist = []
         try:
             tree = objectify.parse(file)
         except Error, LxmlError:
@@ -183,10 +186,10 @@ class OpenSongImport(SongImport):
                     setattr(self, fn_or_string, ustring)
                 else:
                     fn_or_string(ustring)
-        if u'theme' in fields and unicode(root.theme) not in self.topics:
-            self.topics.append(unicode(root.theme))
-        if u'alttheme' in fields and unicode(root.alttheme) not in self.topics:
-            self.topics.append(unicode(root.alttheme))
+        if u'theme' in fields and unicode(root.theme) not in topics:
+            topics.append(unicode(root.theme))
+        if u'alttheme' in fields and unicode(root.alttheme) not in topics:
+            topics.append(unicode(root.alttheme))
         # data storage while importing
         verses = {}
         lyrics = unicode(root.lyrics)
@@ -214,7 +217,7 @@ class OpenSongImport(SongImport):
                 versetype = thisline[1].upper()
                 if versetype.isdigit():
                     versenum = versetype
-                    versetype = u'V'
+                    versetype = u''
                 elif thisline[2] != u']':
                     # there's a number to go with it - extract that as well
                     right_bracket = thisline.find(u']')
@@ -228,10 +231,13 @@ class OpenSongImport(SongImport):
             if thisline[0].isdigit():
                 versenum = thisline[0]
                 words = thisline[1:].strip()
-            if words is None and \
-                   versenum is not None and \
-                   versetype is not None:
+                
+            if words is None:# and \
+                   #versenum is not None and \
+                   #versetype is not None:
                 words = thisline
+                if not versenum: 
+                    versenum = u'1'
             if versenum is not None:
                 versetag = u'%s%s' % (versetype, versenum)
                 if not verses.has_key(versetype):
@@ -252,12 +258,15 @@ class OpenSongImport(SongImport):
         versetypes.sort()
         versetags = {}
         for versetype in versetypes:
+            our_verse_type = versetype
+            if our_verse_type == u'':
+                our_verse_type = u'V'
             versenums = verses[versetype].keys()
             versenums.sort()
             for num in versenums:
-                versetag = u'%s%s' % (versetype, num)
+                versetag = u'%s%s' % (our_verse_type, num)
                 lines = u'\n'.join(verses[versetype][num])
-                self.verses.append([versetag, lines])
+                verselist.append([versetag, lines])
                 # Keep track of what we have for error checking later
                 versetags[versetag] = 1
         # now figure out the presentation order
@@ -269,11 +278,18 @@ class OpenSongImport(SongImport):
             if len(our_verse_order) > 0:
                 order = our_verse_order
             else:
-                log.warn(u'No verse order available for %s, skipping.', self.title)
+                log.warn(u'No verse order available (either explicit or inferred) for %s, skipping.', self.title)
         for tag in order:
             if len(tag) == 1:
-                tag = tag + u'1' # Assume it's no.1 if it's not there
+                if not tag.isdigit():
+                    tag = tag + u'1' # Assume it's no.1 if it's not there
+                else:
+                    tag = u'V' + tag # Assume it's a verse if it has no prefix
             if not versetags.has_key(tag):
-                log.warn(u'Got order %s but not in versetags, skipping', tag)
+                log.warn(u'Got order %s but not in versetags, dropping this item from presentation order', tag)
             else:
-                self.verse_order_list.append(tag)
+                verse_order_list.append(tag)
+        # now copy the data
+        self.topics = topics
+        self.verse_order_list = verse_order_list
+        self.verses = verselist
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/songimport.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/songimport.py
index 5889a3774..169ecf75c 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/songimport.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/songimport.py
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ class SongImport(QtCore.QObject):
         """
         self.manager = manager
         self.stop_import_flag = False
+        self.set_defaults()
+    def set_defaults(self):
+        """
+        Create defaults for properties - call this before each song
+        if importing many songs at once to ensure a clean beginning
+        """
         self.title = u''
         self.song_number = u''
         self.alternate_title = u''
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/test/test.opensong b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/test/test.opensong
index 1ce60cf3b..5d3bc5530 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/test/test.opensong
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/test/test.opensong
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <author>MartiÑ Thómpson</author>
   <copyright>2010 Martin Thompson</copyright>
   <hymn_number>1</hymn_number>
-  <presentation>V1 C V2 C2 V3 B1 V1</presentation>
+  <presentation>V1 C V2 C2 3 B1 V1 T U</presentation>
   <ccli>Blah</ccli>
   <capo print="false"></capo>
   <key></key>
@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@
   <alttheme>TestAltTheme</alttheme>
   <tempo></tempo>
   <time_sig></time_sig>
-  <lyrics>;Comment
+  <lyrics>[3]
+. G A B
+ V3 Line 1
+. G A B
+ V3 Line 2
+
 . A   B C
 1 v1 Line 1___
 2 v2 Line 1___
@@ -25,10 +30,6 @@
 1 V1 Line 2
 2 V2 Line 2
  
-[3]
- V3 Line 1
- V3 Line 2
-
 [b1]
  Bridge 1
 ---
@@ -36,12 +37,18 @@
  Bridge 1 line 2
 
 [C]
-. A     B
+    . A     B
  Chorus 1
  
 [C2]
 .  A    B
  Chorus 2
+
+[T]
+  T Line 1
+
+[X]
+  Unreferenced verse line 1
  </lyrics>
   <style index="default_style">
   <title enabled="true" valign="bottom" align="center" include_verse="false" margin-left="0" margin-right="0" margin-top="0" margin-bottom="0" font="Helvetica" size="26" bold="true" italic="true" underline="false" color="#FFFFFF" border="true" border_color="#000000" shadow="true" shadow_color="#000000" fill="false" fill_color="#000000"/>
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/test/test_opensongimport.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/test/test_opensongimport.py
index faad1b0f2..3398595f7 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/test/test_opensongimport.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/test/test_opensongimport.py
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ def test():
     assert [u'B1', u'Bridge 1\nBridge 1 line 2'] in o.verses 
     assert [u'V1', u'v1 Line 1\nV1 Line 2'] in o.verses 
     assert [u'V2', u'v2 Line 1\nV2 Line 2'] in o.verses
-    assert o.verse_order_list == [u'V1', u'C1', u'V2', u'C2', u'V3', u'B1', u'V1']
+    assert [u'V3', u'V3 Line 1\nV3 Line 2'] in o.verses
+    assert [u'X1', u'Unreferenced verse line 1'] in o.verses
+    assert o.verse_order_list == [u'V1', u'C1', u'V2', u'C2', u'V3', u'B1', u'V1', u'T1']
     assert o.ccli_number == u'Blah'
     assert o.topics == [u'TestTheme', u'TestAltTheme']
 
@@ -104,6 +106,20 @@ def test():
     print o.verse_order_list
     assert o.verse_order_list == [u'V1', u'V2', u'B1', u'C1', u'C2']
 
+    o.filenames = [u'test3.opensong']
+    o.do_import()
+    # o.finish()
+    o.print_song()
+    assert o.copyright == u'2010'
+    assert o.authors == [u'Martin Thompson']
+    assert o.title == u'Test single verse'
+    assert o.alternate_title == u''
+    assert o.ccli_number == u'123456'
+    assert o.verse_order_list == [u'V1']
+    assert o.topics == [u'Worship: Declaration']
+    print o.verses[0]
+    assert [u'V1', u'Line 1\nLine 2'] in o.verses 
+
     print "Tests passed"
     pass