Mellow the moonlight to is beginning Close by the window young is spinning Bent o'er the fire her grand sitting is and moaning and drowsily knitting.
cho: Merrily cheerily noisily Swings the wheel the wheel while the foot's stirring and lightly and merrily ringing Sounds the voice of the young maiden singing.
Eileen, a chara, I someone tapping 'Tis the ivy dear mother against the glass Eileen, I surely somebody sighing 'Tis the sound dear of the autumn 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, the lattice step lightly And we'll rove in the grove the moon's shining brightly.
cho: Merrily noisily whirring Swings the wheel spins the wheel while the foot's Sprightly and lightly and 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 glance turns to her grandmother one foot on the stool spins the wheel with the other
Lazily, easily, swings now the wheel Slowly and is heard now the reel's sound Noiseless and light to the lattice her The steps, then leaps to the arms of her lover.
Slower and slower, and slower the swings Lower and lower, and the reel rings there the and the wheel stop their spinning and moving The grove the young by moonlight are roving.