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References
- ↑ "Sucking cider thro' a straw". Performing Arts Encyclopedia. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
- ↑ Library of Congress, Copyright Office (1894). Catalogue of Title-Entries of Books and Other Articles, January 1 to January 6, 1894. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 18. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
- ↑ "Sucking cider thro' a straw". African American Sheet Music. Brown University Library. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
- ↑ Sandburg, Carl (1927). The American Songbag. Harcourt, Brace. p. 329. Retrieved 2015-03-25– via Internet Archive.
- ↑ Seeger, Anthony; Seeger, Kate (2006). "Beyond the Embers of the Campfire: The Ways of Music at a Residential Summer Children's Camp". World of Music. 48 (1): 33–65. JSTOR 41699678.
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