Nancy Mulligan
[Verse 1]I was twenty-four years oldWhen I met the woman I would call my ownTwenty-two grand kids now growing oldIn that house that your brother bought yaOn the summer day when I proposedI made that wedding ring from dentist goldAnd I asked her father, but her daddy said, "NoYou can't marry my daughter"
[Chorus]She and I went on the runDon't care about religionI'm gonna marry the woman I loveDown by the Wexford borderShe was Nancy MulliganAnd I was William SheeranShe took my name and then we were oneDown by the Wexford border
[Verse 3]Well, met her at Guy's in the second world warAnd she was working on a soldier's wardNever had I seen such beauty beforeThe moment that I saw herNancy was my yellow roseAnd we got married wearing borrowed clothesWe got eight children now growing oldFive sons and three daughters
[Chorus]She and I went on the runDon't care about religionI'm gonna marry the woman I loveDown by the Wexford borderShe was Nancy MulliganAnd I was William SheeranShe took my name and then we were oneDown by the Wexford border
[Verse 3]From her snow white streak in her jet black hairOver sixty years I've been loving herNow we're sat by the fire in our old armchairsYou know Nancy, I adore yaFrom a farm boy born near Belfast townI never worried about the king and crown'Cause I found my heart upon the southern groundThere's no difference, I assure ya
[Chorus]She and I went on the runDon't care about religionI'm gonna marry the woman I loveDown by the Wexford borderShe was Nancy MulliganAnd I was William SheeranShe took my name and then we were oneDown by the Wexford border