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Nancy Mulligan by Ed Sheeran

I was twenty four years old
When I met the woman I (1)__________ 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 (6)________ that (7)______________ ring from dentist gold
And I (8)__________ her father but her daddy said, "No
You can't (9)__________ my daughter"

She and I went on the run
Don't (10)________ 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 (11)________ 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 working on a soldier's ward
Never had I (12)________ (13)________ beauty before
The moment (14)________ I saw her
Nancy was my (15)____________ rose
And we got (16)______________ wearing borrowed clothes
We got (17)__________ children now growing old
Five sons and (18)__________ daughters

She and I went on the run
Don't care about religion
I'm gonna marry the (19)__________ I love
Down by the (20)______________ border
She was Nancy Mulligan
And I was William Sheeran
She took my (21)________ and (22)________ we were one
Down by the Wexford border

From her snow white streak in her jet (23)__________ hair
Over sixty years I've been (24)____________ her
Now we're sat by the fire, in our old armchairs
You (25)________ Nancy I adore ya

From a farm boy born near (26)______________ town
I never worried about the (27)________ 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 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 (28)________ one
Down by the (29)______________ border
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