(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)
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-
di,
di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, da da
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-
di,
di da-da-da-da-da
di
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-
di,
di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, da da
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-
di,
di da-da-da-da-da
di
(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)
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-
di,
di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, da da
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-
di,
di da-da-da-da-da
di
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-
di,
di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, da da
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-
di,
di da-da-da-da-da
di