Basic Trope: A song about a murder.
- Straight: "The Hapless Lass of Bonny Downs" is a song about Bob murdering Alice.
- Exaggerated: "The Hapless Lass of Bonny Downs" is a song about Serial Killer Bob going about his work.
- Downplayed: "The Hapless Lass of Bonny Downs" is a song about Bob attacking and severely injuring Alice, leaving her with multiple scars, a missing leg and a bad arm.
- Justified: "The Hapless Lass of Bonny Downs" is Charlie's way of telling (and coming to terms with) what happened to his sister Alice.
- Inverted: "The Hapless Lass of Bonny Downs" is about Bob healing Alice after she gets near-fatally injured.
- Subverted: "The Hapless Lass of Bonny Downs" tells about Bob stalking Alice as she goes home from the field...but then Alice turns the tables on him and catches him in a Bear Trap.
- Double Subverted: ...However, Bob forces the trap open before Alice can fetch the authorities and stabs her.
- Zigzagged: "The Hapless Lass of Bonny Downs" tells about Bob stalking Alice as she goes home from the field, but she turns the tables on him and catches him in a Bear Trap. But then Bob forces the trap open before Alice can fetch the authorities and stabs her. However, Alice is Not Quite Dead and manages to hang on long enough for her brother Charlie to come and finish the job she started. Charlie carries Alice away, and her fate remains undisclosed.
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- Averted: ???
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: "A murder set to music, huh?"
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- Defied: ???
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- Conversed: ???
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