林肯喜歡談論他的生活經驗。黑鷹戰爭結束，卸下軍人的身份後，林肯總是開玩笑說，做戰期間，他從未見過任何「活生生的印地安戰士」，但倒是跟「蚊子有過不少的血戰。」他知道這個笑話會打破他跟訪客之間的僵局，而且他可以利用有趣的故事來迴避記者的難題。他的幽默感遠近皆知，圖中的歌詞靈感就是源自於林肯，歌名為「嘿！亞伯大叔，您開玩笑了沒？」 (Hey! Uncle Abe, are you joking yet?) 請注意，這是林肯競選連任總統時，他的對手政黨所寫的歌。


Lincoln liked to tell tales about his experiences. After his time as a soldier in the Black Hawk War, Lincoln joked that he had seen no "live, fighting Indians" during the war but had "a good many bloody struggles with the mosquitoes." He knew that laughing with visitors helped break the ice and that he could tell a funny story to avoid a reporter's difficult question. His sense of humor was well-known. Here are the words to a song that was inspired by Lincoln, called "Hey! Uncle Abe, are you joking yet?" Keep in mind that it was written by members of the political party that opposed Lincoln's reelection.

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