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Yarmouth Town Lyrics
In Yarmouth town there lived a man
He had a little tavern by the strand
And the landlord had a daughter fair
Pretty little thing with golden hair
[Chorus:]
Won't you come down
Won't you come down
Won't you come down to Yarmouth town
One night there came a sailor man
He asked the daughter for her hand
Well I won't marry you she said
I have all I want without being wed
But if with me you'd like to linger
I'll tie some string all around my finger
As you walk by, pull on my string
And I'll come down and let you right in
[Chorus 2x]
Well the very next day at closing time
The sailor man goes off to the strand
And as he walks by pulls on that string
And she came down and let him right in
Well he's never seen such a sight before
A string around her finger was all she wore!
[Chorus 2x]
So all you men who to Yarmouth go
If ya see those girls with their hair hung low
All ya gotta do is pull their strings
And they'll come down and let you right in
[Chorus 4x]
He had a little tavern by the strand
And the landlord had a daughter fair
Pretty little thing with golden hair
Won't you come down
Won't you come down
Won't you come down to Yarmouth town
He asked the daughter for her hand
Well I won't marry you she said
I have all I want without being wed
I'll tie some string all around my finger
As you walk by, pull on my string
And I'll come down and let you right in
The sailor man goes off to the strand
And as he walks by pulls on that string
And she came down and let him right in
A string around her finger was all she wore!
If ya see those girls with their hair hung low
All ya gotta do is pull their strings
And they'll come down and let you right in
This one is pretty straight forward.
Sailor finds a girl he likes and asks her to marry him. She says no, but I'll sleep with you. Come back tomorrow and I'll put a string around my finger. Pull on the string and I'll come down and let you in.
Well he does the next day, and she is only wearing the string :).