They used to call the midwife and the midwife, midwife would come in!
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Catherine Scorsese:
Anyway, they came to America. They went and lived, I think, on Third Street. Then, They went and lived across the street. Then, eventually, my Aunt came. Naturally, they had no place to live. So, you come and board with us. So, they took my Aunt in, my Uncle, and her son. Charles Scorsese:
That's three, plus nine kids... Catherine Scorsese:
So, that's *three*, plus nine children, you figure it. Martin Scorsese:
Three plus nine children. Catherine Scorsese:
Right. Charles Scorsese:
Plus - Plus... Catherine Scorsese:
Plus my mother and father. Eleven. And three - is - fourteen. That's fourteen. So, my mother - so my Aunt occupied the bedroom, the kitchen in the middle, and, the, my mother and father and the children where in the living room. Charles Scorsese:
Three rooms, worst than us, three rooms. Catherine Scorsese:
And don't forget, they had their babies at home too. Don't think there was hospitals. Charles Scorsese:
There was no such thing as a hospital. Catherine Scorsese:
They used to call the midwife and the midwife, midwife would come in!
Anyway, they came to America. They went and lived, I think, on Third Street. Then, They went and lived across the street. Then, eventually, my Aunt came. Naturally, they had no place to live. So, you come and board with us. So, they took my Aunt in, my Uncle, and her son. Charles Scorsese:
That's three, plus nine kids... Catherine Scorsese:
So, that's *three*, plus nine children, you figure it. Martin Scorsese:
Three plus nine children. Catherine Scorsese:
Right. Charles Scorsese:
Plus - Plus... Catherine Scorsese:
Plus my mother and father. Eleven. And three - is - fourteen. That's fourteen. So, my mother - so my Aunt occupied the bedroom, the kitchen in the middle, and, the, my mother and father and the children where in the living room. Charles Scorsese:
Three rooms, worst than us, three rooms. Catherine Scorsese:
And don't forget, they had their babies at home too. Don't think there was hospitals. Charles Scorsese:
There was no such thing as a hospital. Catherine Scorsese:
They used to call the midwife and the midwife, midwife would come in!
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well anyway they came to America
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and they went and lived I think on third street
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Then they lived across the street
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Mm hmm Then eventually my aunt came
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So naturally there's no place to live
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So you come and board with us Mm hmm
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So they took my aunt in my uncle and her son
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So that's three plus nine children You figure it
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Three plus nine children Right Plus my mother and father
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Eleven And three is 14
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So my aunt occupied the bedroom
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the kitchen was in the middle
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and my mother father and the children were in the living room
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Three rooms Worse than us Three rooms
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And don't forget they used to have their babies at home too
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There was no such thing as They used to call the midwife
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and the midwife would come in
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Movie Summary
Martin Scorsese interviews his mother and father about their life in New York City and the family history back in Sicily. These are two people who have lived together for a long time and know each other very well.
