Mellow the moonlight to shine is Close by the young Eileen is spinning o'er the fire her grand grandmother sitting is and moaning and drowsily knitting.
cho: Merrily cheerily noisily Swings the wheel the wheel while the foot's stirring Sprightly and 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 hear somebody sighing 'Tis the sound mother of the autumn winds dying.
There's a form at the casement, the form of her true And he whispers with face bent, I'm for you love Get up on the stool, through the lattice lightly And we'll in the grove while the moon's shining brightly.
Merrily cheerily noisily whirring Swings the wheel the wheel while the foot's stirring and lightly and merrily ringing Sounds the sweet of the young maiden singing.
The maid shakes her head, on her lips her fingers up from the seat, longs to go and yet lingers A frightened glance turns to her grandmother Puts one foot on the spins the wheel with the other
Lazily, easily, swings now the wheel Slowly and is heard now the reel's sound Noiseless and light to the lattice her The maid steps, leaps to the arms of her lover.
and slower, and slower the wheel swings Lower and lower, and lower the reel there the reel and the wheel their spinning and moving The the young lovers by moonlight are roving.