[Verse 1]
A hungry feeling came o'er me stealing
And the mice were squealing in my prison cell
To begin the morning, the water boiling
Get up out of bed, boy, and clean up your cell
[Chorus]
And the auld triangle went jingle jangle
All along the banks of the Royal Canal
[Verse 2]
On a fine spring evening, the lag lay dreaming
And the seagulls were squealing high above the wall
Oh, the day was dying and the wind was sighing
As I lay there crying in my prison cell
[Chorus]
And the auld triangle went jingle jangle
All along the banks of the Royal Canal
[Verse 3]
Oh, the screw was peeping and the lag was sleeping
As he lay there weeping for his poor gal
[Chorus]
And the auld triangle, went jingle jangle
All along the banks of the Royal Canal
[Verse 4]
In the female prison there are seventy women
And I wish to God it was with them that I did dwell
[Chorus]
And the auld triangle, went jingle jangle
All along the banks of the Royal Canal
And the auld triangle, went jingle jangle
All along the banks of the Royal Canal
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