Nana Mouskouri - Spinning Wheel Lyrics
Mellow the moonlight to shine is beginningClose by the window young Eileen is spinningBent o'er the fire her grand grandmother sittingis crooning and moaning and drowsily knitting.cho: Merrily cheerily noisily whirringSwings the wheel spins the wheel while the foot's stirringSprightly and lightly and merrily ringingSounds the sweet voice of the young maiden singing.Eileen, a chara, I hear someone tapping'Tis the ivy dear mother against the glass flappingEileen, I surely hear somebody sighing'Tis the sound mother dear of the autumn winds dying.There's a form at the casement, the form of her true loveAnd he whispers with face bent, I'm waiting for you loveGet up on the stool, through the lattice step lightlyAnd we'll rove in the grove while the moon's shining brightly.cho: Merrily cheerily noisily whirringSwings the wheel spins the wheel while the foot's stirringSprightly and lightly and merrily ringingSounds the sweet voice of the young maiden singing.The maid shakes her head, on her lips lays her fingersSteals up from the seat, longs to go and yet lingersA frightened glance turns to her drowsy grandmotherPuts one foot on the stool spins the wheel with the otherLazily, easily, swings now the wheel roundSlowly and lowly is heard now the reel's soundNoiseless and light to the lattice above herThe maid steps, then leaps to the arms of her lover.Slower and slower, and slower the wheel swingsLower and lower, and lower the reel ringsthere the reel and the wheel stop their spinning and movingThe grove the young lovers by moonlight are roving.
