Mellow the moonlight to shine is Close by the window young is spinning Bent o'er the fire her grand sitting is crooning and and drowsily knitting.
cho: Merrily noisily whirring 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 mother against the glass Eileen, I surely hear sighing '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 waiting for you Get up on the stool, through the step lightly And we'll in the grove while the moon's shining brightly.
cho: Merrily noisily whirring Swings the spins the wheel while the foot's 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, longs to go and yet A frightened glance to her drowsy grandmother Puts one on the stool spins the wheel with the other
Lazily, easily, now the wheel round Slowly and is heard now the reel's sound Noiseless and light to the above her The maid steps, then leaps to the of her lover.
Slower and slower, and 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.