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- ↑ Second Hand Songs, https://secondhandsongs.com/work/129341/all
- ↑ Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/Willie
- ↑ Lorenz, Brenna & Lorenz, Megaera. (2001). Heptune Lorenz-Pulte Jazz and Blues Page. Retrieved January 11, 2008, from http://www.heptune.com/jazzfolk.html
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- ↑ Carl Sandburg, The American Songbag, p. 242
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