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Yarmouth Town

Jon Boden
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In Yarmouth Town there lived a man Who kept a tavern by the sand This landlord had a daughter fair A plump little thing with the golden hair Oh, won't you come down, won't you come down Won't you come down to Yarmouth Town? Well, to this tavern came a sailor man He asked the daughter for her hand "Why should I marry you?" she says "I get all I want without being wed" And won't you come down, won't you come down Won't you come down to Yarmouth Town? But she says, "If you want with me to linger I'll tie a bit of string all around my finger You come by and you pull on the string I'll come down and I'll let you in" Oh, won't you come down, won't you come down Won't you come down to Yarmouth Town? So the very next night that sailor man He went to the tavern by the sand And he went by and he pulled on the string She came down and she let him in Oh, won't you come down, won't you come down Won't you come down to Yarmouth Town? Well, he'd never seen such a sight before For the string around her finger was all she wore And when he went and he pulled on the string She pulled back the blankets and let Jack in Oh, won't you come down, won't you come down Won't you come down to Yarmouth Town? And there he spent the whole night through Early in the morning went back to his crew Where he told them all about that maiden fair The plump little thing with the golden hair Oh, won't you come down, won't you come down Won't you come down to Yarmouth Town? And the word it soon got around And the very next night in Yarmouth Town There were fifteen sailors pulling on the string She came down and she let them in Oh, won't you come down, won't you come down Won't you come down to Yarmouth Town? So come all you young sailors who want down to Yarmouth to go To see a plump little thing with her hair hanging low Well, all you got to do is pull on the string She'll come down and she'll let you in Oh, won't you come down, won't you come down Won't you come down to Yarmouth Town? Won't you come down, won't you come down Won't you come down to Yarmouth Town?