[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
I was twenty-four years old when I met the woman I would call my own
Twenty-two grand kids now growing old in that house that your brother bought ya
On the summer day when I proposed, I made that wedding ring from dentist gold
and I asked her father but her daddy said no, you can't marry my daughter
[chorus 1]
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 were one, down by the Wexford border
[Verse 2]
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 eight children now growing old, five sons and three daughters
[chorus 2]
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 were one, down by the Wexford border
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
from her snow white 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 Nancy I adore ya
from a farm boy born near Belfast town, I never worried about the king and crown
'cause I found my heart upon the southern ground, there's no difference I assure ya
[chorus 3]
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 were one, down by the Wexford border
[Outro]
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