NANCY MULLIGAN

by Ed Sheeran

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSYfNd_r0as

1) Write the simple past forms of the verbs bellow (don’t Well I __________
met her at Guys in the Second World War
worry about the numbers): She ______________working
was on a soldier’s ward.
Ask (1x): __________
asked Never had I seen such beauty before
Be (12x): was
__________ /___________
were
The moment that I ________
saw her.
Borrow (1x): __________
borrowed
Buy (1x): __________
bought was
Find (1x):found
__________ Nancy _______ my yellow
Get (2x): __________
got rose,
Go (3x): __________
went And we ________
got married
Make (1x): __________
made wearing ___________
borrowed
Meet (2x): __________
met clothes
Propose (1x):proposed
__________
We ___________
got eight
Say (1x): __________
said
See (1x): __________
saw children now growing old.
Sit (1x): __________
sit Five sons and three
Worry (1x): __________
worried daughters.

2) Listen to the song and complete it with the verbs She and I ___________on
went the run.
above, as many times as the numbers into parentheses.
Don’t care about religion.
I’m gonna marry the woman I love
I _________
was twenty-four years old Down by the Wexford border.
When I ___________the woman I would call my own
met She ___________Nancy
was Mulligan and I
was
__________William Sheeran.
Twenty-two grandkids now growing old
In the house that your brother ________________ya
bought She ___________my
took name and then we __________one
were
Down by the Wexford border.
(Irish music)
(Irish music)
On the summer day when I ________________
proposed
I ______________ that wedding ring from dentist gold
made From her snow white streak in her jet black hair
And I ____________her
asked father, but her daddy Over sixty years I’ve been loving her.
________________no
said Now we are _____
sat by the fire in our old armchairs
You can’t marry my daughter You know Nancy, I adore you.
From a farm boy born near Belfast town.
She and I ___________on
went the run. I never __________
worried about the King and Crown.
Don’t care about religion. Cause I _____________my
found heart upon the southern
I’m gonna marry the woman I love. ground
Down by the Wexford border. There’s no difference. I assure you.
She ______________Nancy
was Mulligan
I______________William
was Sheeran. She and I ___________on
went the run.
She ________________my
took name and then we Don’t care about religion.
____________one I’m gonna marry the woman I love
were
Down by the Wexford border. Down by the Wexford border.
She ___________Nancy
was Mulligan and I
(Irish music) __________William
was Sheeran.
She ___________my
took name and then we __________one
were
Down by the Wexford border.
(Fantastic Irish music)
3) Answer the questions:
a) How old was Willian Sheeran when he met Nancy?
__ 22 __ 24 __ 32 __ 34 __ 42 __ 44
b) How many children did they have?
___________________________________________
c) How many grandchildren did they have?
___________________________________________
d) Where did they meet each other?
___________________________________________
e) The song is sang in the first person, by:
__ Nancy __ William __ Their grandson Ed Sheeran
f) Correct the sentences:
They worked hard to buy their house.
___________________________________________
Nancy’s father was happy with their wedding.
___________________________________________
Nancy had yellow hair.
___________________________________________
They had eight sons.
___________________________________________
Willian was born in a big city.
___________________________________________
William loves the royal family.
___________________________________________
4) Open discussion questions:
a) What do you think about Willian and Nancy’s love
story? (Why?)
b) Did you like Ed’s homage to his grandparents? (Why?)
c) Would you like to see this story into a movie? (Why?)
Song Facts
* This song is about Ed Sheeran's
Irish grandparents, Anne and William
Sheeran. (Nancy is a diminutive of
Anne, and Bill is short for William.) It
tells the story of how they fell in love
and married, despite their Catholic-
Protestant divide.
* "One was Protestant and from
Belfast and one was Catholic from
southern Ireland. They got engaged
and no one turned up to the
wedding. He melted all his gold
teeth in his dental surgery and
melted them down into a wedding
ring. They wore borrowed clothes to
get married and had this sort of
Romeo and Juliet romance which is
like the most romantic thing. I
thought I'd write a song about it and
Pictionary
Wedding rings Wexford (it’s a city in Ireland)
Belfast (it’s a city in North Ireland)
Belfast
Avril Lavigne has
pink streak in her
jet blond hair.
This flower is growing.
Guys: a hospital’s name, in London.
Ward: like a hospital
Never had I seen: “I never saw before in my life…”
I’ve been loving: “I love…”
 Answer Key
Ask: asked She took my name and then we were one
Be: was / were
Down by the Wexford border.
Borrow: borrowed
Buy: bought
Find: found (Irish music)
Get: got
Go: went From her snow white streak in her jet black hair
Make: made Over sixty years I’ve been loving her.
Meet: met Now we are sat by the fire in our old armchairs
Propose: proposed
You know Nancy, I adore you.
Say: said
See: saw From a farm boy born near Belfast town.
Sit: sat I never worried about the King and Crown.
Worry: worried Cause I found my heart upon the southern ground
There’s no difference. I assure you.
2) I was twenty-four years old
When I met the woman I would call my own
She and I went on the run.
Twenty-two grandkids now growing old
Don’t care about religion.
In the house that your brother bought ya
I’m gonna marry the woman I love
Down by the Wexford border.
(Irish music)
She was Nancy Mulligan and I was William Sheeran.
She took my name and then we were one
On the summer day when I proposed
Down by the Wexford border.
I made that wedding ring from dentist gold
And I asked her father, but her daddy said no
(Fantastic Irish music)
You can’t marry my daughter
3) a) 24 b) 8 c) 22
She and I went on the run.
d) At the soldier’s ward in the Second World War.
Don’t care about religion.
e) William
I’m gonna marry the woman I love.
f) - They didn’t buy their house. / Nancy’s brother bought
Down by the Wexford border.
their house.
She was Nancy Mulligan I was William Sheeran.
- Nancy’s father wasn’t happy with their wedding.
She took my name and then we were one
- Nancy had black hair.
Down by the Wexford border.
- They had eight children.
- William was a farm boy.
(Irish music)
- William didn’t worry about the royal family.

Well I met her at Guys in the Second World War.

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She was working on a soldier’s Ward.
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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.