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In Yarmouth town there lived a man |
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He kept the tavern down 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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Wont you come down wont you come down |
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Wont you come down to Yarmouth town |
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Wont you come down wont you come down |
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Wont you come down to Yarmouth town |
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And to this town 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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But she said if you want with me to linger |
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Just tie a bit of string all around my finger |
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and when you pass by just pull on that string |
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I’ll come down and let you in |
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So at closing time this sailor man |
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He went to the tavern by the sand |
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And when he went by to pull on that string |
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She came down and let him in |
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Well he’d never seen such a sight before |
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For the string on her finger was all she wore |
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And when he went by to pull on that string |
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She pulled back the blanket and let Jack in |
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The sailor stayed the whole night long |
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And early in the morning went back to her crew |
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And she told them all about this maiden fair |
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The plump little thing with the golden hair |
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And the story very soon got around |
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For the very next night in Yarmouth town |
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There were 15 sailors leaning on the string |
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And she came down and let them in |
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So all you young men who to Yarmouth go |
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And see a plump little thing with her hair hanging low |
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All you’ve got to do is pull on that string |
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And she’ll come down and let you in |
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In Yarmouth town there lived a man |
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He kept the tavern down 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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Wont you come down wont you come down |
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Wont you come down to Yarmouth town |
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