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The Auld Triangle

Traditional

A famous Irish folk ballad about life in Dublin's Mountjoy Jail.

LYRICS

00:00 / 01:04

CHORUS

And the auld triangle, went jingle jangle

All along the banks of the Royal Canal


A hungry feeling, came o'er me stealing

All the mice were squealing in my prison cell


CHORUS


To begin the mornin', the screw was bawling

"Get up ya bowsie! and clean up your cell!"


CHORUS


The lags were sleeping, as the tom was peeping

As I lay there weeping for my girl Sal


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Up in the female prison, there are seventy five women

And among them, I wish I did dwell


CHORUS x 2

Tags:

Traditional, Irish/Ireland, Celtic, Sad, Slow Tempo

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We acknowledge the Gadigal and Bidjigal people of the Eora nation, upon whose lands we gather and sing.
We acknowledge sovereignty was never ceded. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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Numerous photos by Nick Ryden 

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