Yarmouth Town

"Yarmouth Town" is a traditional English song. It is a shanty about the town of Great Yarmouth on the Norfolk coast. It recounts a story of a young woman, the daughter of a pub landlord, who takes many lovers amongst the sailors passing through the port.

It has been performed by a number of musicians including The Clancy Brothers, Planxty, Gaelic Storm, Great Big Sea, and Bellowhead.

Cover versions

• Planxty published "Yarmouth Town" as a B side to "Cliffs of Dooneen" (1972)
• Great Big Sea on their album Sea of No Cares (2002)
• Bellowhead on their album Hedonism (2010) og Hedonism Live (2011)
• Jon Boden from Bellowhead recorded the song in August 2010 as a part of the project A Folk Song A Day where he recorded and released a folk song each day for one year.
• Nic Jones on his live album Unearthed (2011)
• Gaelic Storm on their album The Boathouse (2013)
• The Merchant Men on their album A'right My Lubbers! (2020)