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- ↑ Morris, Harry (December 1958). "Ophelia's "Bonny Sweet Robin"". Publications of the Modern Language Association of America. 73 (5): 601–603. doi:10.2307/460304. JSTOR 460304.
- ↑ Fitzwilliam Virginal Book. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. 1899.
- 1 2 Poulton, Diana (1982). John Dowland. University of California Press. p. 173.
- ↑ Grainger, Percy (1912). My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone. London: Schott & Co.
