I was 24 years old when
I met the woman I would
call my own 22 grand kids
now growing old in
a house that
your brother bought you
On the summer day
when I proposed
I made that wedding ring
from dentist gold
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
I was William Sheeran
she took my name
and then we were one
down by
the Wexford border
WellI 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, 8
children now growing old
5 sons and 3 daughters
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
I was William Sheeran
she took my name
and then we were one
down by
the Wexford border
La lala lala la la la laa
La lala lala la la la laa
La lala lala la la la laa
La la la lala lala la laa
La lala lala la la laa
La lala lala la la la laa
La lala lala la la la laa
La la la lala lala laa
From her snow white
streak in her jet black hair
over 60 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 or the crown
'Cause I found my heart
upon the southern ground
there's no difference
I assure you
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
I was William Sheeran
she took my name
and then we were one
down by
the Wexford border
La lala lala la la la laa
La lala lala la la la laa
La lala lala la la la laa
La la la lala lala laa
La lala lala la la la laa
La lala lala la la la laa
La lala lala la la la laa
La la la lala lala laa
