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 yaOn 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"She and I went on the run
Don't care about religion
I'm gonna marry the woman I love
Down by the Wexford borderShe was Nancy Mulligan
And I was William Sheeran
She took my name and then we were one
Down by the Wexford borderWell, 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 herNancy was my yellow rose
And we got married wearing borrowed clothes
We got eight children now growing old
Five sons and three daughtersShe and I went on the run
Don't care about religion
I'm gonna marry the woman I love
Down by the Wexford borderShe was Nancy Mulligan
And I was William Sheeran
She took my name and then we were one
Down by the Wexford borderFrom 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 yaFrom 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 yaShe and I went on the run
Don't care about religion
I'm gonna marry the woman I love
Down by the Wexford borderShe was Nancy Mulligan
And I was William Sheeran
She took my name and then we were one
Down by the Wexford border
Songwriters
ED SHEERAN, BENJAMIN LEVIN, JOHNNY MCDAID, FOY VANCE, AMY WADGE, MURRAY CUMMINGSPublished by
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