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Nancy Mulligan by Ed Sheeran

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

On the summer day when I proposed
I made that wedding ring from dentist gold
And I asked her (4)____________ but her (5)__________ said, "No
You can't (6)__________ my daughter"

She and I went on the run
Don't (7)________ about religion
I'm gonna (8)__________ the woman I love
Down by the Wexford border
She was (9)__________ Mulligan
And I was William Sheeran
She took my name and then we were 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 (10)____________ before
The moment that I saw her
Nancy was my yellow rose
And we got married wearing (11)________________ clothes
We got eight (12)________________ now growing old
Five sons and three daughters

She and I went on the run
Don't (13)________ about religion
I'm gonna marry the woman I love
Down by the Wexford border
She was (14)__________ Mulligan
And I was William Sheeran
She took my name and then we (15)________ one
Down by the Wexford border

From her (16)________ white (17)____________ in her jet black hair
Over (18)__________ 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 born near Belfast town
I (19)__________ worried about the (20)________ and crown
Cause I (21)__________ my heart upon the southern ground
There's no difference, I assure ya

She and I went on the run
Don't care about religion
I'm gonna marry the woman I love
Down by the (22)______________ border
She was Nancy Mulligan
And I was William Sheeran
She took my name and then we (23)________ one
Down by the (24)______________ (25)____________
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