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Nancy Mulligan by Ed Sheeran

I was (1)____________ four years old
When I met the woman I would call my own
Twenty two grand (2)________ now growing old
In the house that (3)________ (4)______________ bought ya

On the (5)____________ day when I proposed
I made that wedding ring from (6)______________ gold
And I asked her (7)____________ but her daddy said, "No
You can't marry my daughter"

She and I went on the run
Don't care (8)__________ religion
I'm (9)__________ marry the woman I love
Down by the Wexford border
She was Nancy Mulligan
And I was (10)______________ Sheeran
She took my name and then we were one
Down by the (11)______________ 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 (12)____________ that I saw her
Nancy was my (13)____________ rose
And we got married (14)______________ borrowed clothes
We got eight children now growing old
Five sons 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 (15)__________ Mulligan
And I was William Sheeran
She took my (16)________ and then we were one
Down by the (17)______________ border

From her snow white streak in her jet black hair
Over sixty years I've (18)________ loving her
Now we're sat by the fire, in our old armchairs
You (19)________ (20)__________ I adore ya

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

She and I (24)________ 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 (25)________ one
Down by the (26)______________ (27)____________
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