Mellow the to shine is beginning Close by the window Eileen is spinning o'er the fire her grand grandmother sitting is crooning and and drowsily knitting.
Merrily cheerily noisily whirring 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 against the glass flapping Eileen, I surely hear somebody 'Tis the sound mother of the autumn winds dying.
There's a form at the casement, the form of her true And he with face bent, I'm waiting for you love Get up on the stool, through the lattice lightly And we'll rove in the while the moon's shining brightly.
cho: cheerily noisily whirring Swings the wheel spins the while the foot's stirring Sprightly and lightly and merrily Sounds the sweet voice of the young singing.
The maid shakes her head, on her lays her fingers Steals up the seat, longs to go and yet lingers A frightened glance turns to her drowsy Puts one 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 the wheel swings Lower and lower, and lower the reel there the reel and the wheel their spinning and moving The grove the lovers by moonlight are roving.