Deck of Cards (Rerecorded)

Narrative：

During the 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

A sergeant 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 had only 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 was over the soldier was taken prisoner and

Brought before the provost marshall

The marshall said sergeant 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 the March for about six

Days

I have neither a bible nor a prayer book but I hope to satisfy

You sir with the purity of my intentions and 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 the deuce reminds me that the bible is divided into

Two parts the old and the new testaments

When I see the trey I think

Of the father the son and the holy ghost

And when I see the four I

Think of the four evangelists who 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 there were ten of them：five were

Wise and were saved five were foolish and were shut out

When I see the

Six it reminds me that in six days god made this great heaven and

Earth

When I see the seven it reminds me that on the seventh day god

Rested from his great work

And 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 sons and their wives

And when I see the nine

I think of the lepers our savior cleansed and nine out of the ten didn't

Even thank him

When I see the ten I think of the ten commandments god

Handed down to moses on a table 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 jack or knave is the devil

When I count the number

Of spots on a deck of cards I find 365 the number of days in a year

There are 52 cards the number of weeks in a year

There are 4 suits the

Number of weeks in a month

There are 12 picture cards the number of

Months in a year

There are 13 tricks the number of weeks in a quarter

So you see sir my pack of cards serves me as a bible an almanac and a

Prayer book

And friends the story is true

I know I was that soldier