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- ↑ Get Me To The Church On Time. SongFacts.com. Accessed June 3, 2012.
- ↑ Lerner Alan Jay: My Fair Lady - The libretto. Penguin Books
- ↑ Sesame Street Episode 3609 Street Story
- ↑ Sesame Street: Airplane Pilot - Elmo the Musical
- ↑ "'I'm Getting Buried in the Morning' by Half Man Half Biscuit". The Half Man Half Biscuit Lyrics Project. 2022-03-15. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
- ↑ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
- ↑ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
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