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
The screw was bawling
"Get up, ya bowsie, and clean up your cell"
And the auld triangle went jingle-jangle
All along the banks of the Royal Canal

The screw was peeping
Humpy Gussy was sleeping
As I lay there dreaming of my girl, Sal
And the auld (the auld) triangle (triangle) went jingle- (went jingle-) jangle
All along the banks of the Royal Canal

Up in the female prison
There are seventy-five women
And '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