Georgiana Trull

Potato Boy (June 20, 2007)

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Text identifier: GT4
Speaker: Georgiana Trull
Primary documentation: Andrew Garrett
Project transcription: Andrew Garrett

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  1. Noohl hee-kon Ko-'o-men 'o 'ok'w we'-yon.
    Long ago in Orleans there was a teenage girl.
  2. 'O ge'm, Ko-we-cho' nue lekw-te-mehl 'o yo', mee' mos skuye'n.
    She (her grandmother) said, Don't go dig there, because it's not good.
  3. Kwe-see 'o ge'm, Kues 'e-lekw 'we-so'n mehl he-gee', Ko-we-cho' lekw-te-mehl?
    And she said, I wonder why they always say, Don't dig?
  4. Chyue' nek kwe-lekw ko lekw-te-mehl.
    I think I'll dig there.
  5. 'O lekw-te-mehl.
    She dug there.
  6. Kwe-see kue huuek 'o pkwe-chok'w.
    And the child came out.
  7. Kwe-see 'o ro-'op', 'o ke-me'y.
    And she ran, she went home.
  8. So 'oo-lekw 'o ro-'op' kue we'-yon.
    The girl ran in the house.
  9. 'O ge'm, Ko-we-cho, yaa! mee' keech mos ne-go'-ley-yo'm.
    She said, Don't, oh! because you didn't believe.
  10. Hee', Ko-we-cho' lekw-te-mehl, tue' weesh-tue' keech lekw-te-mehl kue huuek.
    She was told, Don't dig, but she dug the child (out).
  11. Kwe-see kue chee-no-me-wes so he-gok'w, kwe-see tue' per-wer'-k'uek 'o soo-tok'w.
    And the young man left, and he went far south on the coast.
  12. Mo-cho kee ye-go-ye'm, Ko-we-cho' wek serr-hler-per'm, cho' 'o ne-go'-ley-yo'm, mee' 'ee-nee k'ee huuek kee pkwe-chok'w.
    If they say to you, Don't do that, you'd better believe them, because this child will come out.