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,


Refrain
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Oh won't you come down, won't you 
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come down, wont you come down to 
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Yarmouth town?

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Oh won't you come down, won't you 
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come down, wont you come down to 
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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."



Refrain
   A                    D         
Oh won't you come down, won't you 
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come down, wont you come down to 
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Yarmouth town?

   A                    D         
Oh won't you come down, won't you 
           E                    
come down, wont you come down to 
 A
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."


Refrain
   A                    D         
Oh won't you come down, won't you 
           E                    
come down, wont you come down to 
 A
Yarmouth town?

   A                    D         
Oh won't you come down, won't you 
           E                    
come down, wont you come down to 
 A
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.


Refrain
   A                    D         
Oh won't you come down, won't you 
           E                    
come down, wont you come down to 
 A
Yarmouth town?

   A                    D         
Oh won't you come down, won't you 
           E                    
come down, wont you come down to 
 A
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 
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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.



Refrain
   A                    D         
Oh won't you come down, won't you 
           E                    
come down, wont you come down to 
 A
Yarmouth town?

   A                    D         
Oh won't you come down, won't you 
           E                    
come down, wont you come down to 
 A
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 
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maiden fair,
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The plump little thing with the 
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golden hair.



Refrain
   A                    D         
Oh won't you come down, won't you 
           E                    
come down, wont you come down to 
 A
Yarmouth town?

   A                    D         
Oh won't you come down, won't you 
           E                    
come down, wont you come down to 
 A
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.



Refrain
   A                    D         
Oh won't you come down, won't you 
           E                    
come down, wont you come down to 
 A
Yarmouth town?

   A                    D         
Oh won't you come down, won't you 
           E                    
come down, wont you come down to 
 A
Yarmouth town?