Yarmouth Town

	  		
 


verse 1 

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In Yarmouth town there lived a man 
    A 
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 
     A                     D 
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. 
   A 
"I get all I want without being wed." 

Refrain 
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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 
        A                       D 
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 
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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, 
A           D 
He went by, pulled on the string, 
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She came down and she let him in. 

Refrain 
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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, 
        A                            E 
For the string around her finger was all she wore, 
    A                   D 
And when he went and he pulled on the string, 
    A                            E 
She pulled back the blankets and let Jack in. 


Refrain 
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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 
    A                  D 
And there he spent the whole night through, 
     A                        E 
And early in the morning went back to his crew, 
       A                        D 
And he told them all about that maiden fair, 
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The plump little thing with the golden hair. 


Refrain 
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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 
        A       D 
And the word it soon got round, 
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And the very next night in Yarmouth town, 
           A               D 
There were fifteen sailors pulling on the string, 
A                     E 
She came down and she let them all in. 


Refrain 
   A                    D                    E                     A        
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?