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YARMOUTH LASSES. AKA and see Wearmouth Lasses." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. James Merryweather and Matt Seattle (1994) point out that the name 'Yarmouth' is a misreading of the old spelling 'W(e)armouth'. The “Yarmouth Hornpipe” appears in several 19th century English musicians’ music manuscripts under alternate spellings.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Merryweather & Seattle (The Fiddler of Helperby), 1994; No. 78, p. 47 (appears as an untitled jig). Northumbrian Pipers' Tune Book, 1970. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 117.

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