I wrote this in 1957 based on an older song. It was recorded in around 1967 By Gib Todd of The Kerries

The Big Mansion Hoose Ca'd Barlinnie.

There's a big mansion hoose, and it's awfy braw,
It stauns on the banks o the Linnie,
It's buit oot o stane, Barlinnie's its name,
And the rooms are a' cosy and sunny, haw, haw

There's bars on the windaes tae keep thieves awa,
The servants are big, braw and skinny,
And if you break the law, your welcome tae ca'
At the big mansion hoose ca'd Barlinnie, haw, haw.

The porridge is made, you don't need a spade,
You just need tae haud oot yer tinnie,
And there's cocoa at night tae help ye sleep tight,
In the big mansion hoose ca'd barlinnie, haw, haw.

Your bed's saft as snaw, it's hinged tae the wa'
They gie ye pyjamas a' frilly,
It's the truth that Ah tell, for Ah've been there masel'
In the big mansion hoose ca'ed Barlinnie, haw, haw.