Chords:
{t:Spinning Wheel, The }
{artist: John Whitehead}
{key: C}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy9OtPLhcHg D so capo 2
{c: Last 2 verses different from the YouTube }
[C] Mellow the moonlight to shine is be-[G7] ginning
[G] Close by the window young Eileen [C] is spinning
[C] Bent o'er the [C7] fire her blind [F] grandma is [C] sitting
Is [G7] crooning and [C] moaning and [G7] drowsily [C] knitting.
{soc}
[C] Merrily cheerily noiselessly [G7] whirring
[G] Swings the wheel spins the wheel while her foot's [C] stirring
[C] Sprightly and [C7] lightly and [F] merrily [C] ringing
[G7] Trills the sweet [C] voice of the [G7] young maiden [C] singing.
{eoc}
[C] Eileen, a chara, I hear someone [G7] tapping
[G] 'Tis the ivy dear mother against the glass [C] flapping
[C] Eileen, I [C7] surely hear [F] somebody [C] sighing
'Tis the [G7] sound mother [C] dear of the [G] autumn winds [C] dying.
{soc}
[C] Merrily cheerily noiselessly [G7] whirring
[G] Swings the wheel spins the wheel while her foot's [C] stirring
[C] Sprightly and [C7] lightly and [F] merrily [C] ringing
[G7] Trills the sweet [C] voice of the [G7] young maiden [C] singing.
{eoc}
[C] What's the noise that I hear at the window I [G7] wonder?
[G] 'Tis the little birds chirping the holly bush [C] under
[C] What makes you be [C7] shoving and [F] moving your stool [C] on?
And [G7] singing all [C] wrong the old [G] song of the '[C] Coolin'?
{soc}
[C] Merrily cheerily noiselessly [G7] whirring
[G] Swings the wheel spins the wheel while her foot's [C] stirring
[C] Sprightly and [C7] lightly and [F] merrily [C] ringing
[G7] Trills the sweet [C] voice of the [G7] young maiden [C] singing.
{eoc}
[C] There's a form at the casement the form of her [G7] true love
[G] And he whispers with face bent I'm waiting for [C] you love
Get [C] up on the [C7] stool through the [F] lattice step [C] lightly
And we'll [G7] rove in the [C] grove while the [G] moon's shining [C] brightly.
{soc}
[C] Merrily cheerily noiselessly [G7] whirring
[G] Swings the wheel spins the wheel while her foot's [C] stirring
[C] Sprightly and [C7] lightly and [F] merrily [C] ringing
[G7] Trills the sweet [C] voice of the [G7] young maiden [C] singing.
{eoc}
[C] The maid shakes her head on her lips lays her [G] fingers
Steps [G] up from the stool longs to go and yet [C] lingers
A [C] frightened glance turns to her [F] drowsy [C] grandmother
[F] Puts her foot on the [C] stool spins the [G] wheel with the [C] other
{soc}
[C] Merrily cheerily noiselessly [G7] whirring
[G] Swings the wheel spins the wheel while her foot's [C] stirring
[C] Sprightly and [C7] lightly and [F] merrily [C] ringing
[G7] Trills the sweet [C] voice of the [G7] young maiden [C] singing.
{eoc}
[C] Lazily, easily, now swings the wheel [G] round
[G] Slowly and lowly is heard now the reel's [C] sound
[C] Noiseless and light to the [F] lattice above [C] her
The [F] maid steps, then [C] leaps to the [G] arms of her [C] lover.
