Mellow the moonlight to shine is by the window young Eileen is spinning Bent o'er the her grand grandmother sitting is and moaning and drowsily knitting.
Merrily cheerily noisily whirring Swings the wheel the wheel while the foot's stirring and lightly and merrily ringing Sounds the sweet voice of the maiden singing.
Eileen, a chara, I hear tapping 'Tis the ivy mother against the glass flapping Eileen, I surely hear somebody 'Tis the sound mother dear of the winds dying.
There's a at the casement, the form of her true love And he whispers face bent, I'm waiting for you love Get up on the stool, through the lattice step And we'll rove in the grove the moon's shining brightly.
cho: Merrily cheerily whirring Swings the wheel spins the while the foot's stirring Sprightly and and merrily ringing Sounds the sweet voice of the young singing.
The maid her head, on her lips lays her fingers Steals up the seat, longs to go and yet lingers A glance turns to her drowsy grandmother Puts one foot on the stool the wheel with the other
Lazily, easily, swings now the wheel and lowly is heard now the reel's sound Noiseless and to the lattice above her The maid steps, then leaps to the of her lover.
and slower, and slower the wheel swings Lower and lower, and lower the rings there the and the wheel stop their spinning and moving The the young lovers by moonlight are roving.