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- ↑ "Roud Folk Song Index 18". Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
- ↑ The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams and A.L. Lloyd (1959)
- ↑ http://www.john-keats.com/gedichte/isabella.htm John Keats: Isabella
- ↑ "Isabella and the Pot of Basil". Art UK . Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ↑ "The Cruel Brothers (Roud Folksong Index S407317)". The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- ↑ "CONTENTdm". digitalcollections.uark.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- ↑ "The Brake of Briars (Roud Folksong Index S200144)". The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- ↑ "The Brake of Briers (Roud Folksong Index S384819)". The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- ↑ "Come, Let Us Sing". bandcamp.com. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ↑ "In Bruton Town (Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) CJS2/10/263)". The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
