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Nancy Mulligan by Ed Sheeran

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

On the summer day when I proposed
I made that wedding ring from (3)______________ gold
And I (4)__________ her father but her daddy said, "No
You can't (5)__________ my daughter"

She and I went on the run
Don't care about religion
I'm gonna (6)__________ the woman I love
Down by the (7)______________ border
She was Nancy Mulligan
And I was William Sheeran
She took my name and then we were one
Down by the (8)______________ border

Well, I met her at Guy's in the (9)____________ world war
And she was working on a soldier's ward
Never had I (10)________ such beauty before
The (11)____________ that I saw her
Nancy was my yellow rose
And we got (12)______________ wearing (13)________________ clothes
We got eight children now (14)______________ old
Five sons and three daughters

She and I went on the run
Don't care about religion
I'm gonna (15)__________ 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 were one
Down by the Wexford border

From her snow white streak in her jet black hair
Over sixty years I've been (16)____________ her
Now we're sat by the fire, in our old armchairs
You (17)________ (18)__________ I (19)__________ ya

From a farm boy born near Belfast town
I (20)__________ worried about the (21)________ and crown
Cause I found my heart upon the (22)________________ ground
There's no difference, I assure ya

She and I went on the run
Don't care about religion
I'm (23)__________ marry the woman I love
Down by the Wexford border
She was Nancy Mulligan
And I was William Sheeran
She took my name and (24)________ we (25)________ one
Down by the Wexford (26)____________
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