Mary Jane Dingledy is currently the lead soloist for the choir at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Brooklyn, N.Y. She has given concerts in Germany and France. Albums at www.amazon.com Welcome to our family celebration! These songs reflect our German, Swedish, Irish, and Welsh heritage. “Dein Blaues Auge” by J. Brahms (English translation) Your eyes are still and serene I gaze into their depths. You ask me what I wish to see? I see myself well again. I was burned by a fiery pair, I can still feel the pain. Your eyes are like a lake so clear, And like a lake so cool. “Demanten på marrsnön (The Diamond in the Snow)” by Sibelius (English translation) A diamond glitters brightly on freshly fallen snow There are no tears more brilliant, no pearls that shimmer so. And filled with secret longing, The diamond’s crystal eye is flashing towards the sunrise, That warms the eastern sky. It glows wth adoration before those rays so clear Embracing their reflection and melting to a tear. Oh, happy are those lovers who worship “The Ash Grove” (Welsh “Llwyn Onn”) is a traditional Welsh folk song. Thomas Oliphant wrote this English version in the 19 th C. “The Irish Blessing" is often attributed to Saint Patrick, but the author is unknown. The composer is Michael B. Lyne. “Molly Malone” an Irish ballad much loved by our father, David Peter Dingledy (1919-1988) Sung by David Owen Dingledy. Please join in on the refrain! (First verse) In Dublin’s fair city, where the girls are so pretty I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone As she wheeled her wheelbarrow through streets wide and narrow Crying, “Cockles and mussels! A-live, a-live O!” (Refrain) “Goin’ Home” based on the “Largo” theme from Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) It is a favorite of Welsh male choirs. Goin’ home, goin’ home. I’m agoin’ home; Quiet like, some still day, I’m jes’ goin’ home. It’s not far, jes’ close by, through an open door; Work all done, care laid by goin’ to fear no more. Mother’s there ‘spectin’ me, father’s waitin’too; Lot’s of folk gather’d there, all the friends I knew, All the friends I knew. Home, home, I’m goin’ home! Goin’ home, goin’ home, I’m jes’ goin’ home; It’s not far, jes close by, through an open door. I’m jes’ goin’ home. Goin’ home. Thanks to the following people that made this concert a success: Isaac Borgstrom and Dennis Cole, Domus Fare Restaurant Mary Dingledy, David Dingledy , and the 2015 Dingledy Family Reunion A Concert with Mary Jane Dingledy Domus Fare Restaurant, Fredonia, NY Mary Jane Dingledy Sunday, July 26, 2015