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- ↑ Disc Orgy: The Fatima Spar Und Die Freedom Fries – Egyptian Ella
- ↑ "Perfessor Bill Edwards - Songs from 1920 and Later". Archived from the original on 2011-09-10. Retrieved 2011-11-12.