Nancy Mulligan

Hey!

Hey! (Em)I was twentyfour years (C)old when I (D)met the woman I would (Em)call my own.

Twentytwo grandkids, now (C)growing (G)old in that (C)house that your (D)brother (Em)bought you.

On the (Em)summer day that I (C)proposed,

I (D)made that wedding ring from (Em)dentist gold.

And I asked her father, but her (C)daddy said,

(G)"No, (C)you can't (D)marry my (Em)daughter."

(G)She and I went (C)on the (G)run,

(D)don't care about (C)(G)religion.

I'm gonna marry the (C)woman I (G)love (C)down by the (D)Wexford (Em)border.

(G)She was Nancy (C)(G)Mulligan, (D)I was William (C)(G)Sheeran.

She took my name and then (C)we were (G)one,

(C)down by the (D)Wexford (Em)border.

(Em)Well, I met her at Guy's in the Second World (C)War and (D)she was working on a (Em)soldiers' ward.

Never had I seen such (C)beauty (G)before,

the (C)moment (D)that I (Em)saw her.

Nancy was my yellow (C)rose and (D)we got married wearing (Em)borrowed clothes.

We got eight children, now (C)growing (G)old;

(C)five sons (D)and three (Em)daughters.

(C)down by the (D)Wexford (Em)border.

(G)From her (Em)snowwhite streak in her jetblack (C)hair,

over (D)sixty years, I've been (Em)loving her.

Now we're sat by the fire in our (C)old (G)armchairs.

You know, (C)Nancy, (D)I (Em)adore you.

From a farm boy born near Belfast (C)town,

(D)I never worried 'bout the (Em)king and crown 'cause I found my heart upon the (C)southern (G)ground.

There's no (C)diff'rence, (D)I (Em)assure you.

(G)She and I went (C)on the (G)run,

(D)don't care about (C)(G)religion.

I'm gonna marry the (C)woman I (G)love (C)down by the (D)Wexford (Em)border.

(G)She was Nancy (C)(G)Mulligan, (D)I was William (C)(G)Sheeran.

She took my name and then (C)we were (G)one,

(C)down by the (D)Wexford (Em)border.