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Nancy Mulligan by Ed Sheeran

I was (1)____________ four years old
When I met the woman I (2)__________ (3)________ my own
Twenty two (4)__________ kids now growing old
In the house that your brother bought ya

On the summer day when I proposed
I (5)________ that wedding ring from dentist gold
And I (6)__________ her father but her daddy said, "No
You can't marry my daughter"

She and I (7)________ on the run
Don't care about religion
I'm gonna marry the (8)__________ I love
Down by the (9)______________ border
She was Nancy Mulligan
And I was (10)______________ Sheeran
She took my name and then we (11)________ 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 beauty before
The moment (12)________ I saw her
Nancy was my yellow rose
And we got married wearing borrowed clothes
We got eight children now growing old
Five (13)________ and three daughters

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

From her (16)________ white streak in her jet black hair
Over sixty (17)__________ I've been loving her
Now we're sat by the fire, in our old armchairs
You know Nancy I adore ya

From a (18)________ boy (19)________ (20)________ Belfast town
I never worried about the king and crown
Cause I (21)__________ my (22)__________ upon the southern ground
There's no difference, I (23)____________ ya

She and I went on the run
Don't care (24)__________ religion
I'm (25)__________ (26)__________ 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
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