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- ↑ Ailie Munro & Morag MacLeod, The folk music revival in Scotland, page 242, Kahn & Averill, 1984
- ↑ "Chart Track: Week 00, 1967". Irish Singles Chart.
- ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
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