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References
- ↑ Francis James Child (1898). English and Scottish Popular Ballads. Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company . Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ↑ "Willie's Fatal Visit (Roud 244; Child 255)". mainlynorfolk.info. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- 1 2 James Porter (1995). Jeannie Robertson - Emergent Singer Transformative Voice. Knoxville, Tennessee, USA: University of Tennessee Press. p. 252. ISBN 9780870499043 . Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ↑ Buchan, Peter (1875). Ancient ballads and songs of the north of Scotland hitherto unpublished. Vol. 2 (reprint ed.). W Paterson. p. 247. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
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