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- ↑ "The Uncle Tom Cobley Horse, Widecombe in the Moor, Dartmoor National Park". Holiday In Dartmoor. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ↑ "Search Results for Widdicombe Fair". AHRC Research Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music. King's College London. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ↑ "Charles Tree Baritone - Widdicombe Fair - Favorite Label 65046". Off the Record. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
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- ↑ "Renaissance Discography (This gives song title as Tom Pierce. DVD gives title as Widdecombe Fair)".
