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THE AULD TRIANGLE

(Click here to listen to 'The Auld Triangle')

Oh a hungry feelin', came o'er me stealin'
And the mice were squealin' in my prison cell
And the auld triangle went jingle, jangle
All along the banks of the Royal Canal

To begin the mornin', the screw was bawlin'
Get up ye bowsie and clean up your cell
And the auld triangle went jingle, jangle
All along the banks of the Royal Canal

Now the screw was peepin', as the lag lay sleepin'
Dreamin' 'bout his girl Sal
And the auld triangle went jingle, jangle
All along the banks of the Royal Canal

Up in the female prison there are seventy five women
And among them now I wish that I did dwell
Then that auld triangle could go jingle, jangle
All along the banks of the Royal Canal

All along the banks of the Royal Canal

On a fine spring evenin', the lag lay dreamin'
The seagulls wheelin' high above the wall
And that auld triangle went jingle, jangle
All along the banks for the Royal Canal

More Verses:

The wind was risin' and the day declinin'
As I lay pining in my prison cell
And that auld triangle went jingle, jangle
All along the banks of the Royal Canal

On a fine spring evenin', the lag lay dreamin'
The seagulls wheelin' high above the wall
And that auld triangle went jingle, jangle
All along the banks for the Royal Canal

The day was dyin' and the wind was sighin'
As I lay crying in my prison cell
And the auld triangle went jingle, jangle
Along the banks of the Royal Canal

Domnic Behan

~~~

ABOUT THE SONG

The auld (old) triangle refers to the large metal triangle which was beaten each morning to waken prisoners in Mountjoy Jail, Dublin.  The song is featured in the writer of the song Dominic Behan's writer brother, Brendan Behan's 'The Quare Fellow'.  Brendan Behan was once an inmate of Mountjoy Jail.

The song here is covered by the late Ronnie Drew (of The Dubliners).  It was also covered by The Dubliners, The Pogues, Bob Dylan and The Band, Eric Burdon, The Oysterband, Bert Jansen, The High Kings, and U2 to name but a few.

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