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- ↑ Westfahl, Gary, et al, Foods of the Gods: Eating and the Eaten in Fantasy and Science Fiction, p 79. University of Georgia Press, 1996.
- ↑ Bronner, Simon J., American Children's Folklore, pp 81-82. August House, 2006.
- ↑ "The Sounds of Camp (Booklet notes to the 1959 Smithsonian Folkways recording)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ↑ "Jingle, From Sounds of Camp: A Documentary Study of a Children's Camp" . Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ↑ "Booklet notes to the 1990 Smithsonian Folkways recording" (PDF). Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
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