Mellow the moonlight to is beginning Close by the window Eileen is spinning Bent o'er the fire her grand sitting is crooning and moaning and knitting.
cho: Merrily cheerily noisily Swings the wheel the wheel while the foot's stirring and lightly and merrily ringing Sounds the sweet voice of the young singing.
Eileen, a chara, I hear tapping 'Tis the ivy dear against the glass flapping Eileen, I surely hear somebody 'Tis the mother dear 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, through the lattice step And rove in the grove while the moon's shining brightly.
Merrily cheerily noisily 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 maid shakes her head, on her lips lays her up from the seat, longs to go and yet lingers A frightened glance turns to her grandmother one foot on the stool spins the wheel with the other
Lazily, easily, swings now the round Slowly and lowly is 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 the wheel swings Lower and lower, and lower the rings there the reel and the wheel stop spinning and moving The the young lovers by moonlight are roving.