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== Ballads ==
* The song [https://web.archive.org/web/20120714010158/http://www.justsomelyrics.com/1412499/Loreena-McKennitt-The-Bonny-Swan-Lyrics "The Bonny Swans"] by Loreena McKennit, which combines this trope with a standard English [[Murder Ballad]] template. This is a version of a specific ballad called "The Twa Sisters" ([[Child Ballad|Child #10]]) which is sometimes also known under other titles such as "The Cruel Sister". Other forms can be found elsewhere in the [[Child Ballad|Child ballads]].
* In the [[Child Ballad]] "[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch011.htm The Cruel Brother]", the knight wooes the youngest daughter. (On the other hand, her brother murders her at her wedding.)
{{quote|''The eldest was baith tall and fair,
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