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Nancy Mulligan by Ed Sheeran

I was twenty four (1)__________ old
When I met the woman I would (2)________ my own
Twenty two (3)__________ kids now growing old
In the house (4)________ your (5)______________ bought ya

On the summer day when I proposed
I made that (6)______________ ring (7)________ 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 gonna marry the woman I love
Down by the (8)______________ border
She was (9)__________ Mulligan
And I was William Sheeran
She took my name and then we were one
Down by the Wexford border

Well, I met her at Guy's in the (10)____________ (11)__________ war
And she was (12)______________ on a soldier's ward
Never had I (13)________ (14)________ beauty before
The moment that I saw her
Nancy was my yellow rose
And we got (15)______________ wearing borrowed clothes
We got eight children now (16)______________ old
Five (17)________ and (18)__________ 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 (19)________ my name and (20)________ we were one
Down by the Wexford border

From her (21)________ (22)__________ streak in her jet black hair
Over sixty years I've been loving her
Now we're sat by the fire, in our old armchairs
You know (23)__________ I adore ya

From a farm boy born near Belfast town
I never worried (24)__________ the king and crown
Cause I found my heart upon the (25)________________ ground
There's no difference, I assure ya

She and I (26)________ on the run
Don't care about religion
I'm gonna marry the (27)__________ I love
Down by the Wexford border
She was (28)__________ Mulligan
And I was (29)______________ Sheeran
She took my name and then we were one
Down by the Wexford border
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