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