Mellow the to shine is beginning Close by the window young is spinning Bent o'er the fire her grand grandmother is crooning and moaning and knitting.
cho: Merrily cheerily noisily Swings the spins the wheel while the foot's stirring Sprightly and lightly and ringing Sounds the sweet voice of the maiden singing.
Eileen, a chara, I hear tapping 'Tis the ivy mother against the glass flapping Eileen, I surely somebody sighing 'Tis the sound mother dear of the winds dying.
There's a at the casement, the form of her true love And he with face bent, I'm waiting for you love Get up on the stool, through the step lightly And we'll rove in the grove while the moon's brightly.
Merrily cheerily noisily whirring Swings the wheel spins the wheel while the stirring and lightly and merrily ringing Sounds the sweet voice of the maiden singing.
The maid shakes her head, on her lips lays her up from the seat, longs to go and yet lingers A frightened glance turns to her grandmother Puts one foot on the stool spins the 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 steps, then leaps to the arms of her lover.
Slower and slower, and slower the wheel and lower, and lower the reel rings there the reel and the wheel their spinning and moving The grove the young lovers by are roving.