Mellow the moonlight to is beginning Close by the window young Eileen is Bent o'er the her grand grandmother sitting is crooning and moaning and knitting.
cho: Merrily cheerily whirring the wheel spins the wheel while the foot's stirring Sprightly and lightly and merrily Sounds the voice of the young maiden singing.
Eileen, a chara, I hear someone '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 of her true love And he whispers with face bent, I'm for you love Get up on the stool, through the step lightly And we'll rove in the grove while the shining brightly.
cho: cheerily noisily whirring Swings the wheel the wheel while the foot's stirring Sprightly and lightly and merrily Sounds the sweet of the young maiden singing.
The maid her head, on her lips lays her fingers Steals up from the seat, longs to go and yet A glance turns to her drowsy grandmother Puts one foot on the stool spins the wheel the other
Lazily, easily, swings now the round Slowly and lowly is heard now the sound and light to the lattice above her The steps, then leaps to the arms of her lover.
Slower and slower, and the wheel swings and lower, and lower the reel rings there the reel and the wheel stop their spinning and The grove the young by moonlight are roving.