Mellow the to shine is beginning Close by the window young Eileen is Bent o'er the fire her grand grandmother is crooning and and drowsily knitting.
cho: 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 glass Eileen, I surely hear sighing 'Tis the sound mother of the autumn winds dying.
a form at the casement, the form of her true love And he whispers with face bent, I'm waiting for you Get up on the stool, the lattice step lightly And we'll rove in the grove while the moon's brightly.
cho: cheerily noisily whirring Swings the wheel spins the wheel the foot's stirring and lightly and merrily ringing Sounds the voice of the young 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 grandmother Puts one foot on the stool spins the with the other
Lazily, easily, swings now the wheel Slowly and lowly is heard now the reel's and light to the lattice above 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 there the reel and the wheel stop their spinning and The grove the young lovers by are roving.