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- ↑ "I Know Where I'm Going". folksongcollector.com. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
- ↑ Judy Collins – I Know Where I'm Going , retrieved 2018-05-08
- ↑ Burns, Robert (1884). Cunningham, Allan (ed.). The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: With All the Correspondence and Notes. Belford Clarke & Co. p. 234. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ↑ Naxos: link Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Seeger, Pete (2 June 2017). "Episode 16 - Mimi and Richard Fariña". Youtube. Archived from the original on 2019-03-09. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ↑ Helfer, Sacha. "RICHARD FARINA LIVE RAINBOW QUEST (26 FEVRIER 1966)". Moïcani - L'Odéonie (in French). Retrieved 3 May 2019.
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