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References
- ↑ "IN Harmony: Sheet Music from Indiana".
- ↑ Smith, Kathleen E. R., God Bless America: Tin Pan Alley Goes to War, University Press of Kentucky, 2003, p.99.
- ↑ Herder, Ronald, 500 Best-Loved Song Lyrics, Dover Publications, 1998, p. 400.
- ↑ Wyeth (2008), This Man's Army: A War in Fifty-Odd Sonnets, pages xxxii, 13.
Bibliography
- Herder, Ronald, 500 Best-Loved Song Lyrics, Dover Publications, 1998. ISBN 048629725X
- Smith, Kathleen E. R., God Bless America: Tin Pan Alley Goes to War, University Press of Kentucky, 2003. ISBN 0813122562
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