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belter Ballads Used in Literature (23) RE: Ballads Used in Literature 30 Nov 04

Sorry for the misspelling, which the spell checker didn't catch.

Another interesting book was "Bretta Martyn" by L Neil Smith. It's a sequel to "Henry Martyn" wich I haven't read, but presumably is an allusion to the the child ballad. Each chapter of "Bretta Martyn" is introduced with a verse of a song that is recognizably the cruel sister child ballad, but has been altered to set it in the space fairing world of the story.

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