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- ↑ "The spotted cow - Percy Grainger ethnographic wax cylinders - World and traditional music | British Library - Sounds". sounds.bl.uk. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
- ↑ "Two Norfolk Singers: Harry Cox & Sam Larner". YouTube . 16 May 2018.