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