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Nancy Mulligan by Ed Sheeran

I was (1)____________ (2)________ (3)__________ old
When I met the woman I would call my own
Twenty two grand kids now growing old
In the house (4)________ your brother (5)____________ ya

On the summer day when I proposed
I made that wedding ring from (6)______________ gold
And I (7)__________ her father but her daddy said, "No
You can't (8)__________ my daughter"

She and I went on the run
Don't care about religion
I'm (9)__________ (10)__________ the woman I love
Down by the (11)______________ border
She was Nancy Mulligan
And I was William Sheeran
She took my name and then we were one
Down by the (12)______________ 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 that I saw her
Nancy was my yellow rose
And we got married wearing borrowed clothes
We got (13)__________ children now (14)______________ old
Five (15)________ and three daughters

She and I went on the run
Don't care (16)__________ religion
I'm gonna marry the (17)__________ I love
Down by the Wexford border
She was Nancy Mulligan
And I was (18)______________ Sheeran
She (19)________ my (20)________ 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 (21)____________ her
Now we're sat by the fire, in our old armchairs
You know Nancy I adore ya

From a farm boy (22)________ near (23)______________ town
I (24)__________ worried about the king and crown
Cause I (25)__________ my (26)__________ 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 (27)______________ border
She was (28)__________ Mulligan
And I was William Sheeran
She took my (29)________ and then we were one
Down by the Wexford border
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