Intro e|------------|------------| B|--8---7---7------------|------------| G|--------9-----9-7-9-7---------|----6-7---6---6------------| D|------------9---9---|--9---------9-----9-7-9-7---------| A|------------|------------7---7---| E|------------|------------| e|------------|------------| B|--8---7---7------------|--------7------------| G|--------9-----9-7-9-7---------|----7-9---9-7---7------------| D|------------9---9---|--9-----------9---9-7-9-7---------| A|------------|------------7---7---| E|------------|------------| 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 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 /u> 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 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 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