Well guys I resolved the issue.

First of all I was doing everything correctly. When I tell you what the problem was you won't believe it. It's always something simple.

The two songs that I chose to work on had long intros (16 bars). When I started to play the songs in Van Basco and opened the Karaoke window I didn't see any lyrics because they don't appear until just before the intro ends. That's right!!!
So when there's a short intro to a song or none at all the lyrics appear right away.
I told you it was something simple.

I'm sorry for putting all of you that responded through this unnecessary journey and I thank you.

Jos
This may be something you might want to consider puttting into your Serenade tutorial.

Peter