Mellow the to shine is beginning by the window young Eileen is spinning Bent o'er the fire her grand sitting is crooning and moaning and knitting.
cho: cheerily noisily whirring the wheel spins the wheel while the foot's stirring Sprightly and lightly and merrily Sounds the sweet of the young maiden singing.
Eileen, a chara, I hear tapping 'Tis the ivy dear against the glass flapping Eileen, I hear somebody sighing 'Tis the mother dear of the autumn winds dying.
There's a form at the casement, the form of her love And he with face bent, I'm waiting for you love Get up on the stool, the lattice step lightly And we'll rove in the while the moon's shining brightly.
cho: Merrily cheerily noisily the wheel spins the wheel while the foot's stirring Sprightly and lightly and ringing the sweet voice of the young maiden singing.
The maid her head, on her lips lays her fingers Steals up the seat, longs to go and yet lingers A frightened 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 Noiseless and to the lattice above her The maid steps, then to the arms of her lover.
and slower, and slower the wheel swings 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.