Tune Req: Yarmouth Town

Subject: Wont you come down to Yarmouth town
From: Kernow John
Date: 21 May 02 - 12:17 PM

I found the words to this song posted by Wolfgang. Can anyone help by posting the tune?
Thanks
John

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Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wont you come down to Yarmouth town
From: MMario
Date: 21 May 02 - 12:52 PM

I could have sworn we had this - but I can't find it anywhere...

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wont you come down to Yarmouth town
From: MMario
Date: 21 May 02 - 01:18 PM

MP3 from Great Big Sea

A polish mp3

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wont you come down to Yarmouth town
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 21 May 02 - 01:51 PM

I know I'm in danger of sounding like a PR-person, but since I'm getting no profit from this (except the satisfaction of beating Ralphie to the draw, hee hee hee):

There's a GREAT rendition of this song by Nic Jones on his double-CD "Unearthed".

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wont you come down to Yarmouth town
From: Harry Basnett
Date: 21 May 02 - 02:31 PM

And a wonderful version by Peter Bellamy on the 'Wake the Vaulted Echoes' compilation.

All the Best..........Harry.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wont you come down to Yarmouth town
From: Kernow John
Date: 21 May 02 - 02:44 PM

Harry
You just beat me to that, I dug the set out to see and there it was.
I was being lazy though and hoping someone would have the dots.
Now I'll have to be nice to SWMBO and get her to transcribe it for me.
Thanks all
John

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wont you come down to Yarmouth town
From: MMario
Date: 21 May 02 - 03:42 PM

Does she share?

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wont you come down to Yarmouth town
From: Kernow John
Date: 21 May 02 - 05:10 PM

Yes I do (when I've worked it out!)
SWMBO (Marion)

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wont you come down to Yarmouth town
From: GUEST
Date: 21 May 02 - 06:29 PM

If I remember correctly - the Wolfe Tones recorded this song years ago. Perhaps it might still be knocking around on some of their re-recorded albums?

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wont you come down to Yarmouth town
From: MMario
Date: 21 May 02 - 08:10 PM

Thanks Marion!

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wont you come down to Yarmouth town
From: GUEST
Date: 22 May 02 - 04:32 AM

Alan Burke has recorded it as well.

Subject: Tune Add: YARMOUTH TOWN
From: Kernow John
Date: 22 May 02 - 06:42 PM

This is from Peter Bellamy's version. X:1
T:Yarmouth Town
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=60
K:G
D|B,D DD|EG GG|BG AG|ED DD|B,D DD|
EG GG|BG AG|ED D2|B,/D/ DD2|E/G/GG2|
B/B/d d3/2B/|BAG2-|G3||

% Output from ABC2Win Version 2.1 i on 22/05/2002

Regards Marion

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Won't you come down to Yarmouth town
From: MMario
Date: 22 May 02 - 06:55 PM

grazie!

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Won't you come down to Yarmouth town
From: Kernow John
Date: 22 May 02 - 07:04 PM

Midi sent to Joe.
KJ

Subject: Tune Req: YARMOUTH TOWN
From: KEITH HIGHAM
Date: 13 May 04 - 05:17 PM

CHORDS/PIANO SCORE REQUIRED FOR YARMOUTH TOWN TOGETHER WITH WORDS PLEASE

Subject: RE: Tune Req: YARMOUTH TOWN
From: Amos
Date: 13 May 04 - 08:15 PM

Lyrics are here and a MIDI of the tune can be found here. The tune is fairly simple and requires no more than three chords.

A

Subject: RE: Tune Req: YARMOUTH TOWN
From: GUEST, Hamish
Date: 14 May 04 - 06:28 AM

Don't shout!

Subject: RE: Tune Req: YARMOUTH TOWN
From: Uncle Jaque
Date: 14 May 04 - 11:43 PM

I live in Yarmouth, Maine - and the Town's motto is "Our Latchstring Is Always Out." and the Town Seal prominently depicts a long haired woman standing in a clam shell or some such.

"...Won'tcha come down, t' Yarmouth Town?"

Makes me wonder if that song and this Town (on the Atlantic coast in Casco Bay, a major shipbuilding site during the age of sail) might have a connection somehow.

The old Sailors used to call it "Pigtown" back around the 1830s, apparently.

Are you familiar with "Cruisin' 'Round Yarmouth"?
That's a similarly bawdy old Foc'sle song.

Yarmouth (I assume England) must've been a pretty wild town in it's time!

Subject: RE: Tune Req: YARMOUTH TOWN
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 15 May 04 - 06:05 AM

The late and much lamented Peter Bellamy used to a great rendition of this song.
eric

Subject: RE: Tune Req: YARMOUTH TOWN
From: greg stephens
Date: 15 May 04 - 07:03 AM

Yarmouth(England) is just like this now. Walk down any street at night and there's hardly a window without a bit of string hanging down. And at the other end of the string....wow.