I was 24 years old when I met the woman I would call my own 22 grandkids now growing old in the house that your brother bought you On the summer day when I proposed I made that wedding ring dentist gold Then 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 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 borough 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, I was William Sheeran She took my name and then we were one, down by the Wexford border From a snow white streak and a 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 From a farm boy born near Belfast town, I never worry about the king and crown Cause I found my heart up on the southern ground, there's no difference I assure 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 All mine