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- ↑ "Blackfly". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
- ↑ Vickery, Patricia (1996). "Wacky Musical Stories: Not with a Sneeze but a Sniffle?". Canadian Children's Literature/Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse: 93–95.
- ↑ King, Betty; Fowke, Edith (August 11, 2006). "The Blackfly Song". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (2006). Who's Who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television's Award-Winning and Legendary Animators . New York: Applause Theatre and Cinema Books. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-55783-671-7.
