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[ti:Deck Of Cards]
[ar:Tex Ritter]
[al:American Roots Music]
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[00:00.700]Friends this is Tex Ritter with a strange story about a soldier boy and a deck of cards
[00:05.429]During a North African campaign a bunch of soldier boys
[00:08.458]Had been on a long hike and they arrived in a little town called
[00:11.698]Casino
[00:12.728]The next morning being Sunday several of the boys went to church
[00:16.555]Sargent commanded the boys in church
[00:18.415]And after the Chaplain had read the prayer the text was taken up next
[00:22.063]Those of the boys who had a prayer book
[00:24.232]Took them out
[00:25.322]But this one boy only had a deck of cards and so he spread
[00:28.252]Them out
[00:29.462]The Sergeant saw the cards and said
[00:31.531]Soldier put away those cards
[00:33.701]After the services were over the soldier was taken prisoner and
[00:36.669]Brought before the Provost Marshall
[00:38.358]The Marshall said Sargent
[00:40.208]Why have you brought this man here
[00:42.427]For playing cards in church sir
[00:44.436]And what have you to say for yourself son
[00:46.735]Much sir replied the soldier
[00:49.035]The Marshall said I hope so for if not
[00:51.623]I shall punish you more than any man was ever punished
[00:54.623]The soldier said Sir
[00:56.142]I have been on a march for about six days
[00:58.572]And I had neither Bible nor Prayer Book
[01:00.719]But I hope to satisfy you Sir with the purity of my intentions
[01:04.597]With that the boy started his story
[01:06.917]You see Sir when I look at the Ace
[01:08.605]It reminds me that there is but one God
[01:10.695]And deuce reminds me that the Bible is divided into two parts
[01:13.923]The Old and New Testaments
[01:15.851]And when I see the trey I think of the Father
[01:17.831]The son and Holy Ghost
[01:19.431]When I see the four I think of the four evangelist preached the Gospel
[01:23.559]There was Matthew Mark Luke and John
[01:26.258]And when I see the five it reminds me of the five wise virgins
[01:29.158]Who trimmed their lamps
[01:30.908]Ten of 'em five who were wise and were saved
[01:33.755]Five were foolish and were shut out
[01:35.753]And when I see the six it reminds me
[01:37.900]That in six days God made this great heaven and earth
[01:40.860]And when I see the seven it reminds me that on the seventh day
[01:43.648]God rested from His great work
[01:46.058]When I see the eight I think of the eight righteous persons
[01:48.737]God saved when he destroyed this earth
[01:51.313]There was Noah his wife their three sons and their wives
[01:54.572]And when I see the nine I think of the lepers our Savior cleansed
[01:57.820]And nine of the ten didn't even thank Him
[02:00.008]When I see the ten I think of the Ten Commandments God
[02:02.808]Handed down the Moses on a tablet of stone
[02:05.635]When I see the King it reminds me that there is
[02:08.355]But one King of Heaven God Almighty
[02:11.202]And when I see the queen I think of the Blessed Virgin Mary
[02:14.501]Who is Queen of Heaven
[02:16.050]And the jacks or knave it's the devil
[02:18.659]And when I count the number of spots on a deck of cards
[02:21.067]I find three hundred sixty-five the number of days in a year
[02:24.414]Fifty-two cards the number of weeks in a year
[02:27.542]Four suits the number of weeks in a month
[02:29.931]Twelve picture cards the number of months in a year
[02:33.419]Thirteen tricks the number of weeks in a quarter
[02:36.909]So you see Sir
[02:38.149]My pack of cards serve me as a Bible almanac and prayer book
[02:43.906]Friends I know this story is true because I knew that soldier