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- ↑ The truth sent from above, hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com
- ↑ Cecil J. Sharp, English Folk-Carols (Novello & Co., 1911), pp. 46-7.
- ↑ Journal of the Folk-Song Society, Volume IV (1909), p. 17.
- ↑ The Correspondence of Gerald Finzi and Ralph Vaughan Williams, geraldfinzi.org
- ↑ Ben Byram-Wigfield, Truth sent from above, ancientgroove.co.uk
- ↑ Journal of the Folk-Song Society, Volume IV, p. 17
- ↑ Ralph Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on Christmas Carols (Stainer & Bell, 1925)
- ↑ Gerald Finzi, The brightness of this day (Stainer & Bell, 1925)
