A hungry feeling Came o'er me stealing And the mice were squeeling In my prison cell And the auld triangle went jingle-jangle All along the banks of the Royal Canal To begin the morning A screw bawling "Get up, you bowsie And clean up your cell" And the auld 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 gal Sal And the auld triangle went jingle-jangle All along the banks of the Royal Canal Up in the female prison There are 75 women 'Tis among them I wish I did dwell Then the auld triangle could go jingle-jangle All along the banks of the Royal Canal All along the banks of the Royal Canal