ABSTRACT

Well once upon a time, in uh...i...in olden times ya know, that's away back in pod auger days that is _ there was a...well there...there was a...family living well...we'll say up to...Sally's Cove, that's about ten mile from this. Oh further than that, so far as to this to Bonne Bay. Well they...they lived there for...oh good many years an' they uh...got on alright. An' last goin’ off [i.e., finally] uh...the times got so bad-they got down an' out an' uh...nothing to eat see? Well uh...th' ol' man said, he said “Well” he said uh...“we'll have to leave” _ he said “an' go out” he said uh...* “go out” he said “to the (city).” [aside to child: Shu[t]...shut up Kevin] “Go out” he said “to the city.” An' well _ th' ol' woman said “Yes” she said “we'll have to do something _ 'cause” she said “we got nothing to eat.” Well uh...Jack_ they had a little feller there, his name was Jack, they only had one...one...boy _ one child. “Well” he said “alright” he said “tomorrow morning” he said “we'll go.”