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In a town on the sea, by the castle DooneeThe fairest of all, was the maiden EileenThe bloom on her cheek was as fresh as the dewAnd her heart to a young fisher laddie was trueAt morn he would sail with the sun and the tideThat he would return to his promised young brideAnd down by the shore she could hear it so plainHis voice in the wind singing soft this refrainEileen, my Eileen, oh wait for me wait EileenThey were to be wed on a Sunday in MayIn faith it was a joy to see Eileen so gayThe morning before he set sail with the tideBut he never returned to his promised young brideNo, no, never more was her heart light and warmHer lover he died, yes he died in a stormAnd down by the shore, she could hear it so plainHis voice in the wind, singing soft this refrainEileen, my Eileen, oh wait for me wait EileenThey say that her heart it was broken in twoThe lovely Eileen oh so young and so trueSongtexteAnd down by the shore they who loved her the bestBy the rock where she waited, they laid her to restOh many the years that have past since that dayBut maidens who wait for their lovers they sayThat down on the shore they could still hear so plainHis ghost in the wind, singing soft this refrainEileen, my Eileen, oh wait for me wait Eileen Aus Songtexte Mania