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- ↑ "By Land or By Sea" liner notes
- ↑ "The Spokesman-Review - Google News Archive Search".
- ↑ "Songs of the Sea: The National Maritime Museum Festival of the Sea - Smithsonian Folkways".
- ↑ "Classic Maritime Music from Smithsonian Folkways - Smithsonian Folkways".
- ↑ "By Land or by Sea - Smithsonian Folkways".
- ↑ "Leave Her Johnny, Leave Her: The Stories and Shanties of Hjalmar Rutzebeck - Smithsonian Folkways".