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