G
A hungry feeling
Bm
Came o'er me stealing
C G
And the mice were squeeling
A C
In my prison cell
G Bm
And that auld triangle went jingle-jangle
C G D G
All along the banks of the Royal Canal
[Verse 2]
G
Oh! To start the morning
Bm
The warden bawling
C G
"Get up out of bed, you!
A C
And Clean out your cell!"
G Bm
And that auld triangle went jingle-jangle
C G D G
All along the banks of the Royal Canal
[Verse 3]
G
Oh! the screw was peeping
Bm
And the loike was sleeping
C G
As he lay weeping
A C
For his girl Sal
G Bm
And that auld triangle went jingle-jangle
C G D G
All along the banks of the Royal Canal
[Verse 4]
G
On a fine Spring evening
Bm
The loike lay dreaming
C G
And the sea-gulls were wheeling
A C
High above the wall
G Bm
And that auld triangle went jingle-jangle
C G D G
All along the banks of the Royal Canal
[Verse 5]
G
Oh! the wind was sighing
Bm
And the day was dying
C Em
As the loike lay crying
A C
In his prison cell
G Bm
And that auld triangle went jingle-jangle
C G D G
All along the banks of the Royal Canal
[Verse 6]
G
In the women's prison
Bm
There are seventy women
C G
And I wish it was with them
A C
That I did dwell
G Bm
And that auld triangle went jingle-jangle
C G D G
All along the banks of the Royal Canal
