The Auld Triangle

A hungry feeling, came o'er me stealing And the mice were squealing in my prison cell And that auld triangle went "jingle, jangle" All along the banks of the Royal Canal Oh, to start the morning, the warden bawling Get up out of bed, you, and clean out your cell And that auld triangle went "jingle, jangle" All along the banks of the Royal Canal Oh, the screw was peeping and the lag was sleeping As he lay weeping for his girl, Sal And that auld triangle went "jingle, jangle" All along the banks of the Royal Canal On a fine spring evening, the lag lay dreaming And the seagulls were wheeling high above the wall And that auld triangle went "jingle, jangle" All along the banks of the Royal Canal Oh, the wind was sighing and the day was dying As the lag lay crying in his prison cell And that auld triangle went "jingle, bloody jangle" All along the banks of the Royal Canal In the women's prison, there are seventy women And I wish it was with them that I did dwell And that auld triangle can go "jingle jangle" All along the banks of the Royal Canal --- The Auld Triangle - The Pogues