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- ↑ "I'm Thru with Love". Secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ↑ The School Musician. Vol. 29. McAllister, F.L. 1957. p. 46.
- ↑ "I'm Thru With Love by Ella Fitzgerald". Secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
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