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Nancy Mulligan by Ed Sheeran

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

On the summer day when I proposed
I (3)________ that wedding ring from dentist gold
And I asked her (4)____________ but her daddy said, "No
You can't marry my daughter"

She and I went on the run
Don't care about religion
I'm gonna marry the woman I love
Down by the Wexford border
She was Nancy Mulligan
And I was William Sheeran
She took my name and (5)________ 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 (6)________ beauty before
The moment that I saw her
Nancy was my yellow rose
And we got married wearing borrowed clothes
We got eight children now growing old
Five (7)________ and three daughters

She and I went on the run
Don't care about religion
I'm gonna marry 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 (8)__________ 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 born near Belfast town
I never worried about the king and crown
Cause I found my heart upon the southern ground
There's no difference, I (9)____________ ya

She and I went on the run
Don't care about religion
I'm gonna marry 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 (10)________ one
Down by the Wexford border
Answers:
(1) twenty(2) would(3) made(4) father(5) then(6) such(7) sons(8) black(9) assure(10) were