[Verse 1]

Oh, a hungry feeling, came o'er me stealing

And the mice were squealing in me prison cell

Then the auld triangle, went jingle jangle

All along the banks of the Royal Canal

[Verse 2]

To begin the morning, the screw was bawlin'

Get up you bowsie, and clean up your cell

Then the auld triangle, went jingle jangle

All along the banks of the Royal Canal

[Verse 3]

Ah, the screw was peepin', And the lag lay sleepin'

Dreaming about his girl Sal

Then that auld triangle, went jingle jangle

All along the banks of the Royal Canal

[Verse 4]

In the female prison, there are seventy five women

And among them I wish I did dwell

Then that auld triangle, could go jingle jangle

All along the banks of the Royal Canal