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Nancy Mulligan by Ed Sheeran

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

On the summer day when I proposed
I made (5)________ wedding (6)________ 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 gonna marry the woman I love
Down by the Wexford border
She was Nancy Mulligan
And I was William Sheeran
She took my (7)________ and then we were one
Down by the Wexford border

Well, I met her at Guy's in the (8)____________ world war
And she was (9)______________ on a soldier's ward
Never had I (10)________ such (11)____________ before
The moment that I saw her
Nancy was my yellow rose
And we got married wearing borrowed clothes
We got eight (12)________________ now (13)______________ old
Five (14)________ 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 (15)______________ 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 snow white streak in her jet black hair
Over sixty years I've been (16)____________ her
Now we're sat by the fire, in our old armchairs
You know (17)__________ I (18)__________ ya

From a farm boy born near Belfast town
I never worried about the king and crown
Cause I found my heart upon the (19)________________ ground
There's no difference, I assure ya

She and I (20)________ on the run
Don't care (21)__________ 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 (22)________ and then we were one
Down by the Wexford (23)____________
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