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(folk music)

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(speaking in Basque)

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(folk music)

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(speaking in Basque)

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(folk music)

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(speaking in Basque)

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(people murmuring)

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- So, how long did you
stay here in Mountain City?

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How long were you here?

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- Well, we just came this morning.

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- No, I mean, when you lived up here.

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- Well, I was herding
sheep for Goikoetxeas.

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And we were...
- Oh.

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- Herding sheep just right there then.

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East Side.

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I mean, that\'s 1965-1966.

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- Wow.

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- In the 60s, I mean.

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- Now, things have changed since then?

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- Big time.

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(laughing)

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They\'ve changed big time.

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I mean, uh...

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I remember there were several bars then

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and weekends it was a
really fun place to be.

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- I mean, dancing and...
- Yeah.

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Oh, yeah.

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I read, uh...

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In, I believe is that magazine over there,

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that one time there was 27 bars here.

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- Yeah.
- Yeah.

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- There was when the mine was going on.

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- [Man with mustache] Yeah,
the mine was going on.

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- How many people live here now?

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- About 30.

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- 30.

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(mumbling)

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- Well, when we bought this,
I think there was only, uh...

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I don\'t know, we increased
the population by six

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when we moved here.

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(chuckling)

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Because my wife and I moved here,

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and then my daughter came here
too with her family and...

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- Oh, that\'s good, I mean...

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- She, uh...

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I told her, she lived in Idaho
and I called her and told her

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that we bought this place.

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She goes, \"Good daddy,
are you giving me a job?\"

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(laughing)

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I said, \"You\'d better come
look at Mountain City first.\"

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- Yeah.
(laughing)

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- [Waitress] More coffee?

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- No, thanks, I\'ll be okay.

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- I\'m good, too.

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I worked at Barrick in the
underground for 10 years.

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- Mm-hm.

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- And then--
- With Roger Lusetti.

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- Yeah, I was involved
in a mining accident

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with carbon monoxide.

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- Oh.

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- And uh...

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I left after that, and uh...

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It kind of affected my
short-term memory a little bit.

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- Hm.

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- I mean, I still have problems, but...

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- Yeah, but, I mean, I can
remember in the 60s, you know,

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this was the place they\'d
come in the weekends.

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- Oh, yeah.

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Yeah, I bet.

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- Mm-hm.

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Because I worked for the
Goikoetxeas, you know.

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- Mm-hm.

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- In North Fork.

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- Do they still run sheep?

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- No, they got rid of
the sheep long time ago.

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Now they just have cows.

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- Yeah?

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- They lived there for five years

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and then they moved to Elko.

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- Yeah.

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- And now I was talking to your daughter

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I own a restaurant here in Elko.

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- Yeah, and what she said?

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- Yeah.
- We ate there a lot.

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(chuckling)

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A lot.

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- You know, we all change the lifestyle.

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- Oh, yeah.

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Yeah.

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- Uh-huh.

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So what do you think about
the future of Mountain City?

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I mean, it\'s gonna be...

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- Oh, I think it\'s good.

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- Good?
- Yeah.

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I think so.

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It\'s hard to say.

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- But, uh...

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Well, it was nice then talking
to you and meeting you and...

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You know, that\'s great.

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Next time...

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Come to Elko soon and I\'ll buy you lunch.

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- Yeah.

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- And so thank you very much.

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- Okay, thank you.

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Thanks for stopping in.

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- You bet.

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(folk music)

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(folk music)

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(car engines humming)

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(speaking in Basque)

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(laughing)

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(folk music)

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(speaking in Basque)

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(folk music)

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(door creaking)

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(women murmuring)

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- I think one of the main things
is that everyone liked Joe,

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they trusted Joe.

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He had a personality that everybody liked.

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And he was honest.

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I think that about one of
the most important things.

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And they knew that if they came
in here and bought anything,

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they could trust Joe\'s judgment.

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If he told them, \"That is
good, that is not good.\"

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But he bought everything that was good.

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Especially one of the Dresie
brothers used to come in,

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and he would be, oh, so drunk...

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(laughing)

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And he would...

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(laughing)
- Louie.

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- Yeah.
(laughing)

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- All over his clothes
and everything else,

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and he bought new clothes,
so Joe would take him now,

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feed him and then he\'d send
him down to the restaurant

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and have him change his clothes.

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And when he\'d walk out of here,
why, he was nice and clean.

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- And then he used to
sit over here, right?

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- Right.

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- He used to have that chair there

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and he always had this magazine there.

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- Mm-hm.

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- And there was that Life magazine there

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when you worked here?

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- Always.
(laughing)

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Always.

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- Now, I know two issues of Life magazine

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that I\'ve always known
in my life in this store.

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One issue was, uh...

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Life magazine talking
about Bing Crosby in Elko.

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- [Woman in blue] Mm-hm.

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- [Joe\'s daughter] And it had
stories about how my father

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was Bing Crosby\'s favorite merchant.

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- [Woman in blue] Mm-hm.

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(folk music)

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Joe was so proud, I\'m telling you.

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It was just like if
somebody pinned a big medal

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on his chest.
- And how old was he?

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- I don\'t know.
- 65 when I was born.

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- [Woman in blue] Uh-huh.

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(chuckling)

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He was so proud.

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(folk music)

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- Do you remember my little car?

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- No, I don\'t remember--

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- You don\'t remember my little car?

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- No.

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(laughing)

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- [Joe\'s daughter] I still have
the frame of it downstairs.

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But one day, somebody wanted
to check out the mechanics

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of it...
- Mm-hm.

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- [Joe\'s daughter] And
it was already out of it,

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and somebody took it and
I never got the mechanics

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of it back.

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- [Woman in blue] Oh, for heaven\'s sakes!

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- Otherwise it would be great.

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Remember Marie Merkley?
- Mm-hm.

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- That\'s her mom.

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- Mm-hm.
- Here you are, look!

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- [Woman in blue] Yeah, that was Frank,

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he\'d just got that deer.

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- [Joe\'s daughter] Okay.

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There, you and my mom with cowboy hats on.

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- [Woman in blue] Yeah.

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(laughing)

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- Okay.

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Well, there\'s a lot of history.

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- Yes, there is.

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(laughing)

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(folk music)

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(speaking in Basque)

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(truck engine humming)

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- You know, you have...

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You have a lot of old Vascos
that came over from Euskadi,

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and they ended up immigrated, uh...

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A lot of people immigrated to
Boise and Elko and California

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but the majority of them
was right here in Elko.

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And, you know, my mom
and dad are from there,

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from Ermua and Ereño.

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And they just got here and
just did the hard work.

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They\'re the old immigrants

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that you don\'t see anymore.

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The old immigrants, like my
dad and Bartolo, Alfonso,

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they all came here with nothing.

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They all worked hard, you know,

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and now they\'re big
people in the community.

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Everybody knows them
and they\'re just great,

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they\'re great people to work with.

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(soft instrumental music)

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(truck engine humming)

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(speaking in Basque)

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(soft instrumental music)

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(speaking in Basque)

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(folk music)

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(speaking in Basque)

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(rustling)

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(speaking in Basque)

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(laughing)

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(folk music)

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(speaking in Basque)

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(folk music)

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(soft instrumental music)

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(traffic humming)

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(speaking in Basque)

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(soft instrumental music)

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(speaking in Basque)

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(soft instrumental music)

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(bells ringing)

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(dog barking)

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(speaking in Basque)

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(soft instrumental music)

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(speaking in Basque)

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(dog barking)

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(folk music)

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(speaking in Basque)

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(folk music)

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- [Man] I don\'t remember at all.

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- Do you remember how we met?
- No.

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No, well--

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(speaking in Basque)

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(folk music)

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(speaking in Basque)

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- It was hard time, yeah, it was hard.

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Because I was still in
high school, and uh...

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We were not married,

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and I was pregnant with Patxiku.

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So we got married very quickly, and uh...

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I moved to the ranch to live,

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which was like eight
kilometers from where I lived.

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(folk music)

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(speaking in Basque)

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We were happy for him, we were very happy

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for him to do that.
- Yeah.

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- But at the same time
we were very nervous.

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(speaking in Basque)

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(men murmuring)

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(speaking in Basque)

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(mumbling)

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(speaking in Basque)

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(mumbling)

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- [Barman] You got to work today?

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- Today you will go?

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- [Man] Yeah, today I got to work.

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(mumbling)

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- [Barman] He speaks good English too.

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- [Man] I know he does.

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(speaking in Basque)

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(dramatic music)

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(people murmuring)

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(speaking in foreign languages)

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(singing in Basque)

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(dramatic music)

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(folk music)

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(men murmuring)

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(speaking in Basque)

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(truck engine roaring)

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(folk music)

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(speaking in Basque)

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(folk music)

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(speaking in Basque)

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(wind howling)

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(folk music)

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(folk music)
(truck engine humming)

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(folk music)

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♪ Well, I was born in a small town ♪

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♪ My hometown is a small town ♪

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♪ Well, I was born in a small town ♪

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♪ My hometown is a small town ♪

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♪ Is a small town ♪

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♪ Is a small town ♪

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♪ Is a small town ♪

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(folk music)

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(traffic humming)

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(people murmuring)

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- How you doing?

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We\'re closed for lunch today.

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We\'ll be open tonight for dinner though.

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(speaking in Basque)

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(men murmuring)

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(speaking in Basque)

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- I got time for one game, all right?

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(speaking in Basque)

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(soft instrumental music)

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(speaking in Basque)

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(truck engine humming)
(soft instrumental music)

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(sheep bleating)

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(folk music)
(sheep bleating)

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- [Man] The last.

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The Last of the Mohicans.

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- The Last of the Vascos...

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- In the sheep business.
- In the sheep business.

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- In the sheep business.

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There aren\'t many anymore.

01:17:26.570 --> 01:17:28.040
No, there aren\'t.

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Maybe a few in California,
that\'s about it.

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- I\'ve always liked to come
here because I like to see this.

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And we have lots of snow
at home, I am so jealous!

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(laughing)

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We have lambs dying
and you can\'t take care

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of all the lambs.

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And if we only had something
like this it would be great.

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(wind howling)

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- Uh, Bizkaians here,
they were hard workers

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and knew how to work, and they
worked hard, they did well.

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But the boys from Navarra,
coming from Spain,

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they\'re from homes...

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Most of them had...
(sheep bleating)

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A few sheep, and they were
used to work with the sheep

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and they were very excellent shepherds,

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quite a few sheepmen in the Navarros.

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(speaking in Basque)

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- Vascos taught the American
sheepmen how it would be,

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but now the American sheep out there--

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- Bixente was a foreman for Americanos.

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Bixente is first class, he\'s the last

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of the real good Vascos.

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Bixente.

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He is, of the sheepers (mumbling)
in this area, in Rupert.

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Now, you know, I can\'t
speak for other places,

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but around here, you bet, he was always...

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Very fine reputation.

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But, uh...

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This is work that people
don\'t wanna do anymore,

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this kind of work.

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It\'s seven days a week.

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(sheep bleating)

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- [Basque shepherd] You
got to like the animals.

01:18:51.940 --> 01:18:53.270
- [American shepherd] Yeah, you do.

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- [Basque shepherd] It don\'t
matter if you\'re a Vasco

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or Peruvian--
- Exactly.

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- [Basque shepherd] Or American, you have

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to like the animals.

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If you don\'t like the
animals, it\'s hard work.

01:19:02.197 --> 01:19:05.780
(speaking in Basque)

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(sheep bleating)
(quadricycle engine humming)

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(folk music)

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- [American shepherd] But what the hell!

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You know, I can read about it.
- No.

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- I did only herd, I\'ve done
the best I can, and uh...

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I was a lucky man, lucky
man and be able to do it.

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My father used to say so, \"We had bad days

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\"but we had a lot of good days.

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\"But when the bad days, it
seems like they weigh heavier

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\"than the good days.\"

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- That\'s right, that\'s pretty logic.

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- We seem to remember those--
- We do, don\'t we?

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- The good days, that sort of thing.

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- Because I get a tremendous
enjoyment out of seeing

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the lambs growing, doing
good, and, you know...

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- Yeah.
- It makes me so proud,

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but then...

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(sheep bleating)

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(laughing)

01:20:38.904 --> 01:20:42.487
(speaking in Basque)

01:20:52.316 --> 01:20:54.565
(laughing)

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(folk music)

01:21:00.834 --> 01:21:03.084
(laughing)

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Probably a bulldozer coming
here and knocking all this down,

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because I have two daughters,
and they\'re good girls and...

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But their husband, one is married

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and the other one isn\'t married yet,

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but I doubt if they\'ll
come and do what I\'m doing.

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- [Man] Oh, makes me sad
myself because we have uh...

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More than just uh...

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Money invested, our heart
is invested here, you know.

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We obviously like it or we
wouldn\'t do it, but uh...

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You got to be pretty
good at it to succeed.

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(folk music)

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(soft instrumental music)

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(dramatic music)

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(clattering)

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(dramatic music)

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(train humming)

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(train honking)

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(folk music)

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♪ Don\'t you know you\'re going back home? ♪

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♪ Don\'t you know-- ♪

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(speaking in Basque)

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♪ Don\'t you know you
are going back home? ♪

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♪ You\'re away and away back home ♪

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♪ And you are going and
you\'re away back home ♪

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(folk music)

01:27:53.851 --> 01:27:57.434
(speaking in Basque)

01:27:59.560 --> 01:28:02.477
(folk music)

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♪ Don\'t you know they\'ll give you a hug? ♪

01:28:18.629 --> 01:28:23.629
♪ Don\'t you know they\'ll give you a hug? ♪

01:28:26.320 --> 01:28:31.320
♪ Don\'t you know they\'ll give you one? ♪

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♪ Don\'t you know they\'ll give you one? ♪

01:28:41.741 --> 01:28:43.628
♪ Don\'t you know they\'ll ♪

01:28:43.628 --> 01:28:47.211
(speaking in Basque)

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(folk music)

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♪ You don\'t know you\'ll have your rest ♪

01:29:56.500 --> 01:30:01.500
♪ You don\'t know you\'ll have your rest ♪

01:30:04.300 --> 01:30:09.300
♪ You don\'t know you\'ll have your rest ♪

01:30:10.277 --> 01:30:15.277
♪ Lay down your head upon their shoulder ♪

01:30:17.958 --> 01:30:22.958
♪ Lay down your head upon their shoulder ♪

01:30:26.658 --> 01:30:31.658
♪ You\'re away and away back home ♪

01:30:34.305 --> 01:30:39.305
♪ And you are going and
you\'re away back home ♪

01:30:39.661 --> 01:30:42.078
(folk music)