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- 1 2 Steel Toe Review, Volume 1, 2012, Tritone Media, Birmingham, AL, USA, 79.
- ↑ Montgomery College, Rockville, MD USA, http://thesongis.blogspot.com Dr. Marianne Szlyk
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