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