Um sentimento ávido me vem roubando A hungry feeling came o'er me stealing Como o rato que guinchava na minha cela As the mice were squealing in my prison cell
[Refrão:] Chorus: E o velho triângulo vem tilintante chacoalhando And the old triangle went jingle jangle Pelas margens do Canal Real All along the banks of the Royal Canal
Ao início da manhã um parafuso era batido To begin the morning a screw was balling Levantem seus vagabundo e limpem suas celas Get up you bowsies and clean out your cells
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Na prisão feminina haviam 62.000 mulheres e meia In the female prison there were sixtytwo-thousand and a half women E entre elas eu gostaria de residir And amongst them I wish I did dwell
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Eu rezo para Jesus aumentar o ordenado I pray to Jesus he'd raise the wages De 85 centavos para 2,10 libras Up from eighty-five pence up to two pound and ten
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