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- ↑ Baker, James (1882). The history of Scarbrough, from the earliest date. London: Long man's Green & Co. p. 315. OCLC 4453848.
- ↑ Kitchen, Ruby (7 January 2023). "A fresh take on Scarborough Fair". The Yorkshire Post. p. 9. ISSN 0963-1496.
- ↑ Groom, Nick (2013). The seasons: an elegy for the passing of the year. London: Atlantic Books. p. 209. ISBN 9781848871618.
- ↑ "Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre | Scarborough fair". www.scarboroughsmaritimeheritage.org.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ↑ Baker, James (1882). The history of Scarbrough, from the earliest date. London: Long man's Green & Co. p. 317. OCLC 4453848.
- ↑ "Scarborough Fair Festival". scarboroughfairfestival.com. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ↑ "Scarborough Fair to return in new form after two centuries". BBC News. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ↑ Kisdon, Frank (1891). Traditional tunes : a collection of ballad airs, chiefly obtained in Yorkshire and the south of Scotland; together with their appropriate words from broadsides and from oral tradition. Oxford: Taphouse & Son. pp. 42–44. OCLC 222914601.