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Nancy Mulligan by Ed Sheeran

I was twenty four (1)__________ old
When I met the woman I would (2)________ my own
Twenty two grand kids now growing old
In the house that (3)________ brother bought ya

On the summer day when I proposed
I (4)________ that (5)______________ ring from dentist gold
And I asked her father but her daddy said, "No
You can't marry my daughter"

She and I (6)________ on the run
Don't care about religion
I'm gonna marry the woman I love
Down by the (7)______________ border
She was Nancy Mulligan
And I was (8)______________ Sheeran
She (9)________ my name and (10)________ we (11)________ one
Down by the Wexford border

Well, I met her at Guy's in the second world war
And she was working on a soldier's ward
Never had I seen such beauty before
The moment that I saw her
Nancy was my (12)____________ rose
And we got married (13)______________ borrowed clothes
We got eight (14)________________ now growing old
Five sons and three daughters

She and I (15)________ on the run
Don't care about religion
I'm gonna marry the (16)__________ I love
Down by the Wexford border
She was Nancy Mulligan
And I was (17)______________ Sheeran
She took my name and (18)________ we were one
Down by the Wexford border

From her (19)________ white streak in her jet black hair
Over sixty years I've been loving her
Now we're sat by the fire, in our old armchairs
You know Nancy I adore ya

From a farm boy (20)________ (21)________ Belfast town
I never worried about the (22)________ and crown
Cause I found my heart upon the (23)________________ ground
There's no difference, I assure ya

She and I went on the run
Don't care about religion
I'm (24)__________ (25)__________ the woman I love
Down by the Wexford border
She was Nancy Mulligan
And I was William Sheeran
She took my name and then we (26)________ one
Down by the (27)______________ (28)____________
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