Mellow the moonlight to shine is Close by the window young is spinning Bent o'er the fire her grand grandmother is and moaning and drowsily knitting.
cho: Merrily noisily whirring Swings the wheel spins the while the foot's stirring Sprightly and and merrily ringing Sounds the sweet voice of the maiden singing.
Eileen, a chara, I hear someone 'Tis the ivy mother against the glass flapping Eileen, I surely somebody sighing 'Tis the sound mother dear of the autumn dying.
There's a form at the casement, the form of her love And he whispers with face bent, I'm for you love Get up on the stool, the lattice step lightly And we'll rove in the grove while the moon's brightly.
cho: Merrily cheerily noisily Swings the wheel spins the while the foot's stirring Sprightly and lightly and ringing the sweet voice 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 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 light to the lattice her The maid steps, leaps to the arms of her lover.
Slower and slower, and slower the swings Lower and lower, and the reel rings there the and the wheel stop their spinning and moving The grove the young lovers by are roving.