Mellow the moonlight to is beginning Close by the window Eileen is spinning o'er the fire her grand grandmother sitting is and moaning and drowsily knitting.
cho: Merrily noisily whirring Swings the wheel spins the wheel the foot's stirring Sprightly and lightly and ringing Sounds the sweet voice of the young singing.
Eileen, a chara, I hear someone 'Tis the ivy dear mother against the flapping Eileen, I hear somebody sighing 'Tis the mother dear of the autumn winds dying.
There's a form at the casement, the of her true love And he whispers with bent, I'm waiting for you love Get up on the stool, through the lattice step And we'll rove in the grove the moon's shining brightly.
cho: Merrily noisily whirring Swings the wheel spins the wheel the foot's stirring and lightly and merrily ringing Sounds the sweet voice of the maiden singing.
The maid her head, on her lips lays her fingers Steals up from the seat, longs to go and yet A frightened turns to her drowsy grandmother Puts one foot on the stool the wheel with the other
Lazily, easily, now the wheel round Slowly and is heard now the reel's sound Noiseless and light to the above her The maid steps, then to the arms of her lover.
and slower, and slower the wheel swings Lower and lower, and the reel rings there the reel and the wheel stop spinning and moving The the young lovers by moonlight are roving.