Mellow the moonlight to shine is Close by the window young is spinning Bent o'er the fire her grandmother sitting is crooning and moaning and knitting.
cho: cheerily noisily whirring Swings the wheel spins the wheel 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 mother the glass flapping Eileen, I hear somebody sighing 'Tis the sound dear of the autumn winds dying.
There's a 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 while the moon's shining brightly.
cho: cheerily noisily whirring Swings the wheel spins the wheel while the stirring Sprightly and lightly and ringing Sounds the sweet of the young maiden singing.
The maid shakes her head, on her lays her fingers Steals up from the seat, to go and yet lingers A glance turns to her drowsy grandmother Puts one foot on the stool spins the wheel with the
Lazily, easily, now the wheel round Slowly and lowly is heard now the sound Noiseless and light to the lattice her The maid steps, then to the arms of her lover.
Slower and slower, and slower the wheel Lower and lower, and lower the rings there the reel and the wheel their spinning and moving The grove the lovers by moonlight are roving.