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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