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- ↑ "Sample Lyrics: Two Songs with Music by Victor Herbert". www.musicals101.com. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- ↑ Herbert, Victor; Blossom, Henry (1906). The Streets of New York (In Old New York). M. Witmark & Sons.
- ↑ "OSU athletics brings its own wheat wavin' traditions that become part of the experience". ocolly.com. 17 August 2005. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- ↑ https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6407&context=mmb-vp [ bare URL PDF ]