Mellow the moonlight to shine is Close by the window young is spinning o'er the fire her grand grandmother sitting is and moaning and drowsily knitting.
cho: Merrily cheerily noisily Swings the wheel spins the wheel while the foot's Sprightly and lightly and ringing Sounds the voice of the young maiden singing.
Eileen, a chara, I hear tapping 'Tis the ivy dear mother against the glass Eileen, I surely hear somebody '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 bent, I'm waiting for you love Get up on the stool, through the step lightly And we'll rove in the grove the moon's shining brightly.
cho: Merrily noisily whirring Swings the wheel spins the while the foot's stirring and lightly and merrily ringing Sounds the voice of the young maiden singing.
The maid her head, on her lips lays her fingers up from the seat, longs to go and yet lingers A frightened glance to her drowsy 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 steps, then leaps to the arms of her lover.
and slower, and slower the wheel swings Lower and lower, and lower the rings the reel and the wheel stop their spinning and moving The the young lovers by moonlight are roving.