Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Nancy Mulligan” is a full-on Irish trad song that pays tribute to Sheeran’s paternal grandparents, Anne “Nancy” Mulligan and William “Bill” Sheeran. It is especially a tribute to his grandmother, who is from County Wexford, Ireland. Sheeran said that he wrote this song, because his grandparents “ha...
[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]
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]
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 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 'bout the king and crown
'Cause I found my heart upon the southern ground
There's no difference, I assure ya
[Chorus]
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
Nancy Mulligan was written by Foy Vance & Johnny McDaid & benny blanco & Amy Wadge & Murray Cummings & Ed Sheeran.
Nancy Mulligan was produced by benny blanco & Ed Sheeran.
Ed Sheeran released Nancy Mulligan on Fri Mar 03 2017.
On the Eoghan McDermott Show, Ed Sheeran talked about the new album. He mentioned this track as a “full-on Irish trad song”.