Mellow the moonlight to shine is Close by the young Eileen is spinning Bent o'er the her grand grandmother sitting is crooning and moaning and knitting.
Merrily cheerily noisily whirring Swings the wheel spins the wheel while the foot's and lightly and merrily ringing Sounds the sweet of the young maiden singing.
Eileen, a chara, I someone tapping 'Tis the ivy dear mother against the flapping Eileen, I surely hear sighing 'Tis the sound dear of the autumn winds dying.
There's a at the casement, the form 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 while the moon's brightly.
cho: Merrily cheerily whirring Swings the spins the wheel while the foot's stirring and lightly and merrily ringing 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 glance turns to her drowsy Puts one foot on the 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 maid steps, then 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 stop their spinning and moving The grove the lovers by moonlight are roving.