Tonart: E major•
Intro 1
E
B
E
Verse 1
Close by the window young
Bent o'er the fire her grand
A
E
grandmother sitting
A
E
Is crooning and moaning and
B
E
drowsily knitting.
Verse 2
E
B
cho: Merrily cheerily noisily whirring
Swings the wheel spins the wheel
E
while the foot's stirring
Sprightly and lightly and
A
E
merrily ringing
A
E
Sounds the sweet voice of the
E
Verse 3
E
B
Eileen, a chara, I hear someone tapping
'Tis the ivy dear mother against
A
E
Eileen, I surely hear somebody sighing
A
E
'Tis the sound mother dear of the
B
E
autumn winds dying.
Verse 4
E
There's a form at the casement,
B
the form of her true love
And he whispers with face bent,
E
I'm waiting for you love
Get up on the stool,
A
E
through the lattice step lightly
A
E
And we'll rove in the grove while
B
E
the moon's shining brightly.
Verse 5
E
B
cho: Merrily cheerily noisily whirring
Swings the wheel spins the wheel
E
while the foot's stirring
Sprightly and lightly and
A
E
merrily ringing
A
E
Sounds the sweet voice of the young
E
Verse 6
The maid shakes her head,
B
on her lips lays her fingers
Steals up from the seat,
E
longs to go and yet lingers
A frightened glance turns to her
A
E
drowsy grandmother
A
E
Puts one foot on the stool spins
B
E
the wheel with the other
Verse 7
B
swings now the wheel round
Slowly and lowly is heard now
Noiseless and light to the
A
E
lattice above her
E
B
then leaps to the arms of her lover.
E
Verse 8
Slower and slower,
B
and slower the wheel swings
Lower and lower,
E
and lower the reel rings
There the reel and the wheel stop
A
E
their spinning and moving
A
E
The grove the young lovers
B
E
by moonlight are roving.
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