But mostly I remember
Yours—who spoke the least.
A FARMER REMEMBERS LINCOLN[[40]][[41]]
“Lincoln?—
Well, I was in the old Second Maine,
The first regiment in Washington from the Pine Tree State.
Of course I didn’t get the butt of the clip;
We was there for guardin’ Washington—
We was all green.
“I ain’t never ben to the theayter in my life—