Recorded by The Dublin City Ramblers about the prison escape of Crumlin Road jail in Belfast Ireland.
In [G] Crumlin Road jail the [C] prisoners one day Took [D] out a football and [G] started to play And while all the warders were [C] watching the ball [D] Nine of the prisoners jumped [C] over the [G] wall
[chorus] Over the wall, over the wall Who could believe they jumped over the wall Over the wall, over the wall It's hard to believe they jumped over the wall
Now the warders looked on with the greatest surprise And the sight that they saw brought the tears to their eyes For one of the teams was not there at all They all got transferred and jumped over the wall
Now the governor's came down with his face in a twist Said, "Line up these lads while I check out me list" But nine of the lads didn't answer the call And the warder said," Please, sir they're over the wall."
The security forces were shook to the core So they barred every window and bolted each door But all of their precautions were no use at all For another three prisoners jumped over the wall
When the news reached old Stormont Faulkner turned pale When he heard that more men had escaped from his jail. Said he," Now we'll have an enquiry to call And we'll get Edmund Compton to whitewash the wall."