A hungry feeling came o'er me stealing

And the mice were squealing in my prison cell

And the old 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 old 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 old triangle 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 old triangle could go jingle jangle

All along the banks of the royal canal

All along the banks of the royal canal