In a town on the sea by the Castle Dooneen The fairest of all was the maiden Eileen The bloom on her cheek was as fresh as the dew And her heart to a young fisher laddie was true At morn he would sail with the sun and the tide At eve he'd return to his promised young bride There on the shore she could hear it so plain His voice in the wind singing soft this refrain Eileen, my Eileen, wait for me, wait Eileen
They were to be wed on a Sunday in May And faith 'twas a joy to see Eileen so gay The morning before he set sail with the tide But he never returned to his promised young bride No, never more was her heart light and warm Her lover he died, yes he died in a storm But down on the shore she could still hear so plain His voice in the wind sing soft this refrain Eileen, my Eileen, wait for me, wait Eileen
They say that her heart, it was broken in two The lovely Eileen, so young and so true And down by the shore, they who loved her the best By the rock where she waited, they laid her to rest Oh many's the year that have passed since that day And maidens who wait for their lovers there say That still on the shore they can hear it so plain His ghost in the wind, sing soft this refrain Eileen, my Eileen, wait for me, wait Eileen