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Friends this is Tex Ritter with a strange story about a soldier boy and a deck of cards
During a North African campaign a bunch of soldier boys
Had been on a long hike and they arrived in a little town called
Casino
The next morning being Sunday several of the boys went to church
Sargent commanded the boys in church
And after the Chaplain had read the prayer the text was taken up next
Those of the boys who had a prayer book
Took them out
But this one boy only had a deck of cards and so he spread
Them out
The Sergeant saw the cards and said
Soldier put away those cards
After the services were over the soldier was taken prisoner and
Brought before the Provost Marshall
The Marshall said Sargent
Why have you brought this man here
For playing cards in church sir
And what have you to say for yourself son
Much sir replied the soldier
The Marshall said I hope so for if not
I shall punish you more than any man was ever punished
The soldier said Sir
I have been on a march for about six days
And I had neither Bible nor Prayer Book
But I hope to satisfy you Sir with the purity of my intentions
With that the boy started his story
You see Sir when I look at the Ace
It reminds me that there is but one God
And deuce reminds me that the Bible is divided into two parts
The Old and New Testaments
And when I see the trey I think of the Father
The son and Holy Ghost
When I see the four I think of the four evangelist preached the Gospel
There was Matthew Mark Luke and John
And when I see the five it reminds me of the five wise virgins
Who trimmed their lamps
Ten of 'em five who were wise and were saved
Five were foolish and were shut out
And when I see the six it reminds me
That in six days God made this great heaven and earth
And when I see the seven it reminds me that on the seventh day
God rested from His great work
When I see the eight I think of the eight righteous persons
God saved when he destroyed this earth
There was Noah his wife their three sons and their wives
And when I see the nine I think of the lepers our Savior cleansed
And nine of the ten didn't even thank Him
When I see the ten I think of the Ten Commandments God
Handed down the Moses on a tablet of stone
When I see the King it reminds me that there is
But one King of Heaven God Almighty
And when I see the queen I think of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Who is Queen of Heaven
And the jacks or knave it's the devil
And when I count the number of spots on a deck of cards
I find three hundred sixty-five the number of days in a year
Fifty-two cards the number of weeks in a year
Four suits the number of weeks in a month
Twelve picture cards the number of months in a year
Thirteen tricks the number of weeks in a quarter
So you see Sir
My pack of cards serve me as a Bible almanac and prayer book
Friends I know this story is true because I knew that soldier