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- ↑ 25 O.S. § 94.1, Official State Song.
- ↑ "News--East Central University--Ada, Oklahoma". www.ecok.edu. Archived from the original on 2008-02-12.
- 1 2 "Oklahoma Memories: Oklahoma State Song." March 24, 2012. Archived June 29, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Accessed March 18, 2017.
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