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- ↑ "Ye Sons and Daughters of the King", The Lutheran Hymnal, St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1941, #208
- ↑ Search Results:Ye Sons and Daughters of the King, hymnary.org
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- ↑ "Das Gotteslob online (Easter hymns)". Gotteslob (in German). gotteslob.katholisch.de. 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ↑ Mailänder, Richard (ed.). "Choralvorspiele für Orgel zum Gotteslob / Band 2 · Österliche Bußzeit und Ostern" (PDF). Carus-Verlag (in German). Retrieved 10 April 2022.
