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Deck Of Cards (Album Version) - Hank Williams
During the North African Campaign,
A bunch of soldier boys had been on a long hike.

They arrived in a little town called Casino.

The next day being Sunday,
Several of the boys went to church.

After the Chaplain read the prayer,
The text was taken up

Those of the boys that
Had a prayer book took them out.

One boy had only a deck of cards,

So he spread them out.

The sergeant who commanded the boy
Saw the cards and said,
Soldier, put away those cards.

After the service 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, the soldier replied
And the Marshall stated,
I hope so, for if not I will punish you
More than any man has ever been punished.

The soldier said, you see Sir,
I have been on the march for six days

I have neither bible nor a prayer book,
But I hope to satisfy you, sir,
With the purity of my intentions.

You see, sir, when I look at the Ace,
It reminds me that there is but one God.

When I see 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 goast

And when I see the four,
I think of the four evangelists

Who preached the Gospel

There was Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

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.

And when I see the seven,
It reminds me that on the seventh day,
God rested

When I see the eight,
I think of the eight righteous persons
God saved when he destroyed the earth:

There's Noah, his wife, their three sons and their wives.

And when I see the nine,
I think of the lepers our saviour cleansed,
And that nine 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 tablet of stone.

When I see the King,
It reminds me once again

There's but one King of Heaven, God Almighty.

And when I see the Queen,
I think of the blessed Virgin Mary
Who is the Queen of Heaven.

And the Jack or Knave is the Devil.

When I count the number of spots in 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 13 tricks, the number of weeks in a quarter

There are four suits, the number of weeks in a month.

There are twelve picture cards,
The number of months in a year.
So you see, Sir,
My deck of cards serves me as a bible,

An almanac and a prayer book.

And friends, this story is true

Because that soldier was me