Yarmouth Town

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In Yarmouth town there lived a man
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Who kept a tavern by the strand,
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This landlord had a daughter fair,
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A plump little thing with the golden hair,
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Oh won't you come down, won't you come down, wont you come down to Yarmouth town?
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Oh won't you come down, won't you come down, wont you come down to Yarmouth town?
Verse 2
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Well to this tavern came a sailor man,
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He asked the daughter for her hand,
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"Why should I marry you?" she said.
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"I get all I want without being wed."
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Oh won't you come down, won't you come down, wont you come down to Yarmouth town?
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Oh won't you come down, won't you come down, wont you come down to Yarmouth town?
Verse 3
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But she says, "If you want with me to linger,
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I'll tie a bit of string all around my finger,
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you come by and you pull on the string,
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I'll come down and I'll let you in."
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Oh won't you come down, won't you come down, wont you come down to Yarmouth town?
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Oh won't you come down, won't you come down, wont you come down to Yarmouth town?
Verse 4
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Well the very next that sailor man,
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He want to the tavern by the sand,
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He went by, pulled on the string,
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She came down and she let him in.
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Oh won't you come down, won't you come down, wont you come down to Yarmouth town?
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Oh won't you come down, won't you come down, wont you come down to Yarmouth town?
Verse 5
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Well he'd never seen such a sight before,
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For the string around her finger was all she wore,
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And when he went and he pulled on the string,
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She pulled back the blankets and let Jack in.
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Oh won't you come down, won't you come down, wont you come down to Yarmouth town?
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Oh won't you come down, won't you come down, wont you come down to Yarmouth town?
Verse 6
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And there he spent the whole night through,
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And early in the morning went back to his crew,
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And he told them all about that maiden fair,
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The plump little thing with the golden hair.
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Oh won't you come down, won't you come down, wont you come down to Yarmouth town?
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Oh won't you come down, won't you come down, wont you come down to Yarmouth town?
Verse 7
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And the word it soon got round,
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And the very next night in Yarmouth town,
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There were fifteen sailors pulling on the string,
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She came down and she let them all in.
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Oh won't you come down, won't you come down, wont you come down to Yarmouth town?
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Oh won't you come down, won't you come down, wont you come down to Yarmouth town?