hungry feeling 
Came o'er me stealing 
And the mice were squeeling 
In my prison cell 
And that auld triangle went jingle-jangle 
All along the banks of the royal canal 

Oh! to start the morning 
The warden bawling 
"get up out of bed, you! and clean out your cell!" 
And that auld triangle went jingle-jangle 
All along the banks of the royal canal 

Oh! the [bad word] was peeping 
And the loike was sleeping 
As he lay weeping 
For his girl sal 
And that auld triangle went jingle-jangle 
All along the banks of the royal canal 

On a fine spring evening 
The loike lay dreaming 
And the sea-gulls were wheeling 
High above the wall 
And that auld triangle went jingle-jangle 
All along the banks of the royal canal 

Oh! the wind was sighing 
And the day was dying 
As the loike lay crying 
In his prison cell 
And that auld triangle went jingle-bloody-jangle 
All along the banks of the royal canal 

In the women's prison 
There are seventy women 
And I wish it was with them 
That I did dwell 
Then that auld triangle could go jingle-jangle 
All along the banks of the royal canal