hungry feeling came o'er me stealing 
And the mice were squealing in my prison cell 
And the old triangle went jingle jangle 
All along the banks of the Royal Canal 

To begin the morning a [bad word] was bawling 
'Get up you bowsie and clean up your cell' 
And the old triangle went jingle jangle 
All along the banks of the Royal Canal 

(On a fine spring evening the lag lay dreaming 
The seagulls wheeling high over the wall 
And the old triangle went jingle jangle 
All along the banks of the Royal Canal) 

The lags were sleeping, Humpy Gussy was creeping 
As I lay there weeping for my girl Sal 
And the old triangle went jingle jangle 
All along the banks of the Royal Canal 
Lyrics [bad word] lyrics/luke_kelly 

The wind was rising and the day declining 
As I lay pining in my prison cell 
And the old triangle went jingle jangle 
All along the banks of the Royal Canal 

In the female prison there are seventy five women 
'Tis among them I wish I did dwell 
And the old triangle went jingle jangle 
All along the banks of the Royal Canal 

The day was dying and the wind was sighing 
As I lay crying in my prison cell 
And the old triangle went jingle jangle 
All along the banks of the Royal Canal