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In Yarmouth Town there lived a man,
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He kept a tavern by the sand.
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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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Well, won't you come down,
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Won't you come down,
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Won't you come down
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To Yarmouth town.
[Verse 2]
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Now to this tavern come a sailor-man
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And 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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Well, won't you come down,
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Won't you come down,
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Won't you come down
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To Yarmouth town.
[Verse 3]
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But, she said, “If you want with me to linger,
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I'll tie a bit of string all around me finger.
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As you pass by, just pull that string,
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And I'll come down and I'll let you in.”
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Well, won't you come down,
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Won't you come down,
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Won't you come down
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To Yarmouth town.
[Verse 4]
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So at closing time the sailor-man,
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He went to the tavern by the sand.
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And then he went and pulled that string,
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And she come down and she let Jack in.
[Chorus]
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Well, won't you come down,
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Won't you come down,
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Won't you come down
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To Yarmouth town.
[Verse 5]
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And he'd never seen such a sight before,
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cause the string round her finger were all she wore.
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And when he went and pulled that string
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She pulled back the sheets and she let him in.
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Well, won't you come down,
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Won't you come down,
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Won't you come down
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To Yarmouth town.
[Verse 6]
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Now the sailor stayed the whole night through
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And early in the morning went back to his crew,
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Where then he told them all about that maiden fair,
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The plump little thing with the golden hair.
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Well, won't you come down,
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Won't you come down,
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Won't you come down
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To Yarmouth town.
[Verse 7]
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And the story, that soon got around
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And the very next night in Yarmouth Town
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There was fifteen sailors pulling on a string
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And she come down and she let em' all in.
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Well, won't you come down,
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Won't you come down,
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Won't you come down
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To Yarmouth town.
[Verse 8]
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Now all young men what to Yarmouth do go,
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See a plump little thing with the hair hanging low,
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Well, all you got do is pull that string,
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And she'll come down and she'll let you all in.
[Chorus]
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Well, won't you come down,
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Won't you come down,
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Won't you come down
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To Yarmouth town.
[Chorus]
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Oi!, won't you come down,
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Won't you come down,
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Won't you come down
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To Yarmouth town.