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Nancy Mulligan by Ed Sheeran

I was twenty (1)________ years old
When I met the woman I would call my own
Twenty two (2)__________ kids now (3)______________ old
In the house that (4)________ brother bought ya

On the summer day (5)________ I proposed
I made (6)________ wedding ring from dentist gold
And I asked her father 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 (7)__________ (8)__________ the woman I love
Down by the Wexford border
She was Nancy Mulligan
And I was (9)______________ Sheeran
She took my name 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 (10)______________ on a soldier's ward
Never had I (11)________ (12)________ (13)____________ before
The moment that I saw her
Nancy was my yellow rose
And we got married wearing borrowed clothes
We got eight children now (14)______________ old
Five (15)________ 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 (16)______________ border

From her snow white streak in her jet black hair
Over (17)__________ 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 (18)________ near Belfast town
I never (19)______________ about the king and crown
Cause I found my (20)__________ upon the southern ground
There's no difference, I assure ya

She and I went on the run
Don't care about religion
I'm (21)__________ 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 (22)________ one
Down by the (23)______________ border
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