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7 <title>The Banks of the Royal Canal
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16 <p>Brendan Behan
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17 Recorded by Bob Dylan and The Band during
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19 Tabbed by Eyolf
Østrem
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23 <p>The recording is much more jingle-jangly than this tab can convey. To
24 get that full effect, you'd need a full band of individualists who are
25 not quite certain about the tune. That's what Dylan had. If you're
26 less resourceful, you can approach that effect by inserting the
27 D-A-G-D turn (or hints of it) here and there where there's a long D.
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35 A hungry feeling, came o'er me stealing
37 As the mice were squealing in my prison cell
39 And that old triangle, went jingle jangle
41 All along the banks of the Royal Canal.
45 To begin the morning, with the water boiling
46 Get out of bed, clean up your cell
47 And the old triangle, went jingle jangle
48 All along the banks of the Royal Canal.
52 On a fine spring evening the lag lay dreamin'
53 The sea-gulls beamin' high above the wall
54 And that old triangle, goes jingle jangle
55 All along the banks of the Royal Canal.
59 The screw was peepin' and the lag lay sleapin'
60 As he lay there weeping for his good gal Sal.
61 And the old triangle, went jingle jangle
62 All along the banks of the Royal Canal.
66 In the female prison there are seventy women
67 and it's with all of them where I'd like to dwell
68 And the old triangle, would go jingle jangle
69 All along the banks of the Royal Canal.
73 Ah, the day was dying and the lag was sighing
74 As I lay cryin' in my prison cell
75 And that old triangle, went jingle jangle
76 All along the banks of the Royal Canal.