1) A rich aristocrat interrupts Lincoln's inaugural address to say that Lincoln's father used to make shoes for his family. 2) Lincoln responds that while his father did make shoes for the aristocrat's family, nobody could make shoes as well as his father. He offers to make another pair of shoes for the aristocrat if there are any complaints about his father's work. 3) Lincoln expresses that he is proud of his father for being a genius shoemaker who never received any complaints about his work.

1. On the first day, as President Abraham Lincoln
Entered to give his inaugural address.
Just in the middle, one man stood up.
He was a rich aristocrat.

2. He said, “Mr. Lincoln,
you should not forget
that your father used
to make shoes for my family”.
And the whole Senate laughed ;
they thought they had made
a fool of Abraham Lincoln.

3. But Lincoln – and that type of people
are made of a totally different mettle.
Lincoln looked at the man and said,
“Sir, I know that my father
used to make shoes
in your house for your family,
and there will be many others here----

4. Because the way he made shoes ;
Nobody else can.
He was a creator.
His shoes were not just shoes ;
He poured his whole soul in it.
I want to ask you,
have you any complaint ?

5. Because I know how to make shoes myself.
If you have any complaint,
I can make another pair of shoes.
But as far as I know,
nobody has ever complained
about my father’s shoes.

6. He was a genius,
a great creator.
And I am proud of my father”.

7. The whole Senate was struck dumb.
They could not understand
what kind of man
Abraham Lincoln was.
He was proud because his father
did the job so well that not even
a single complaint had ever been heard.

8. Remember :
‘No one can hurt you
without your consent.
It is not what happens
to us that hurts us.
It is our response that hurts us.