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Nancy Mulligan by Ed Sheeran

I was twenty (1)________ (2)__________ old
When I met the (3)__________ I would call my own
Twenty two (4)__________ (5)________ now growing old
In the house (6)________ your brother (7)____________ ya

On the summer day when I proposed
I made that wedding (8)________ from (9)______________ gold
And I (10)__________ her father but her daddy said, "No
You can't marry my daughter"

She and I (11)________ 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 (12)______________ Sheeran
She took my (13)________ 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 (14)______________ on a soldier's ward
Never had I seen such (15)____________ before
The moment (16)________ I saw her
Nancy was my yellow rose
And we got married (17)______________ 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 Nancy Mulligan
And I was William Sheeran
She took my name and then we were one
Down by the Wexford border

From her (18)________ (19)__________ streak in her jet black hair
Over (20)__________ 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 assure ya

She and I went on the run
Don't (21)________ about religion
I'm gonna marry the woman I love
Down by the (22)______________ border
She was Nancy Mulligan
And I was (23)______________ Sheeran
She took my name and then we were one
Down by the (24)______________ border
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