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In Yarmouth town, there lived a man |
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Who 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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Oh won't you come down, won't you come down, |
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Won't you come down to Yarmouth town? |
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Won't you come down, won't you come down, |
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Won't you come down to Yarmouth town? |
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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 |
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Oh won't you come down, won't you come down, |
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Won't you come down to Yarmouth town? |
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Won't you come down, won't you come down, |
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Won't you come down to Yarmouth town? |
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But she says if you want with me to linger |
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I'll tie a 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 |
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Oh won't you come down, won't you come down, |
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Won't you come down to Yarmouth town? |
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Won't you come down, won't you come down, |
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Won't you come down to Yarmouth town? |
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Well the very next night that sailor man |
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He went to the tavern by the sand |
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He went by, and he pulled on the string, |
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She came down and she let him in |
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Oh won't you come down, won't you come down, |
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Won't you come down to Yarmouth town? |
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Won't you come down, won't you come down, |
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Won't you come down to Yarmouth town? |
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Well he'd never seen such a sight before |
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For the string around her finger 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 |
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Oh won't you come down, won't you come down, |
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Won't you come down to Yarmouth town? |
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Won't you come down, won't you come down, |
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Won't you come down to Yarmouth town? |
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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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Told them all about that maiden there |
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The plump little thing with the golden hair |
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Oh won't you come down, won't you come down, |
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Won't you come down to Yarmouth town? |
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Won't you come down, won't you come down, |
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Won't you come down to Yarmouth town? |
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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 |
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And won't you come down, won't you come down, |
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Won't you come down to Yarmouth town? |
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Won't you come down, won't you come down, |
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Won't you come down to Yarmouth town? |
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So come all you young sailors who down to Yarmouth do go |
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To see a plump little thing with her hair hanging low |
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Well all you've got to do is pull on the string |
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She'll come down and she'll let you in |
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Oh won't you come down, won't you come down, |
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Won't you come down to Yarmouth town? |
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Won't you come down, won't you come down, |
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Won't you come down to Yarmouth town? |
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Won't you come down, won't you come down, |
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Won't you come down to Yarmouth town? |
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Won't you come down, won't you come down, |
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Won't you come down to Yarmouth town? |
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Won't you come down, won't you come down, |
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Won't you come down to Yarmouth town? |
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Won't you come down, won't you come down, |
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Won't you come down to Yarmouth town? |
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Won't you come down, won't you come down, |
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Won't you come down to Yarmouth town? |
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Won't you come down, won't you come down, |
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Won't you come down to Yarmouth town? |
