Well they're building a gallows outside my cell And I've got 25 minutes to go And the whole town's waitin' just to hear me yell I got 24 minutes to go Well they gave me some beans for my last meal With 23 minutes to go But nobody asked me how I feel I

The blade of my knife Faced away from your heart Those last few nights It turned and sliced you apart This love that I tell Now feels lonely as hell From this padded prison cell So many times I said You'd only be mine

All along the banks of the Royal Canal And that auld triangle went jingle-jangle A hungry feeling Came o'er me stealing And the mice were squealing In my prison cell Oh! To start the morning The warden bawling "Get up out of bed, you! And Clean out your