A hungry feeling
     came over me stealin'
     and the mice were squealin'
     in my prison cell

Chorus:
     And the auld triangle
     goes jingle jangle
     all along the banks
     of the royal canal

     To begin the mornin'
     the screw was bawlin'
     get up you blowsey
     and clean up your cell

Chorus:

     In a female prison
     there were seventy five women
     and it's there we're wishin
     we could do our time

Chorus:

     On a fine spring evening
     a lad lay dreaming
     and the gulls were wheeling
     high above the wall

Chorus:

     Oh the day was dyin'
     and the wind was sighin'
     as I lay cryin'
     in my prison cell