A hungry feeling came o'er me stealing
And the mice they were squealing in my prison cell
And the auld triangle went jingle jangle
All along the banks of the Royal Canal
I dtús na maidine na scrú's ag scréachadh
Éirigí a bhithúnaigh, scuab amach do pras
's an triantán críonna ag ceol go rialta
Feadh bruacha ríoga an Royal Canal
On a fine Spring evening the lag lay dreaming
The seagulls wheeling high above the wall
And the auld triangle went jingle jangle
All along the banks of the Royal Canal
Bhí an scrú ag spléachadh an lag thíos traochta
Is mise ag smaoineadh ar mo chailín Sal
's an triantán críonna ag ceol go rialta
Feadh bruacha ríoga an Royal Canal
The wind was rising the day declining
And I lay there pining in my prison cell
And the auld triangle went jingle jangle
All along the banks of the Royal Canal
Mar athrú saolta nárbh fhearr liom tréimhse
Measc seachtó bean i bpríosún na mban
Bíodh an triantán críonna ag ceol go rialta
Feadh bruacha ríoga an Royal Canal
All along the banks of the Royal Canal
