《Deck Of Cards》歌词

[00:00:10] Spoken：

[00:00:15] During the north african campaign a bunch of soldier boys had been on a long hike

[00:00:20] They arrived in a little town called casino

[00:00:23] The next morning being Sunday several of the boys went to church

[00:00:27] A sergeant commanded the boys in church

[00:00:29] After the chaplain read the prayer the text was taken up next

[00:00:34] Those of the boys that had a prayer book took them out

[00:00:37] One boy had only a deck of cards and he spread them out

[00:00:43] The sergeant saw the cards and said soldier put away those cards

[00:00:47] After the service was over the soldier was taken prisoner and brought before the provost marshall

[00:00:51] The marshall said sergeant why have you brought this man here

[00:00:55] For playing cards in church sir was the response

[00:00:57] The marshall asked the soldier and what have you to say for yourself son

[00:01:01] Much sir replied the soldier

[00:01:03] The marshall stated I hope so for if not I will punish you more than any man was ever punished

[00:01:09] The soldier said sir I have been on the March for about six months

[00:01:13] I have neither bible nor a prayer book but I hope to satisfy you sir with the purity of my intentions

[00:01:21] And with that the boy started his story

[00:01:25] You see sir when I look at the ace it reminds me that there is but one god

[00:01:30] And the deuce reminds me that the bible is divided into two parts：the old and the new testaments

[00:01:37] When I see the trey I think of the father the son and the holy spirit

[00:01:42] And when I see the four I think of the four evangelists who preached the gospel：there was matthewmarkluke and john

[00:01:50] And when I see the five it reminds me of the five wise virgins who trimmed their lamps

[00:01:57] There were ten of them：five were wise and were savedfive were foolish and were shut out

[00:02:04] When I see the six it reminds me that in six days god made this heaven and earth

[00:02:10] And when I see the seven it reminds me that on the seventh day god rested from his great work

[00:02:17] And when I see the eight I think of the eight righteous persons that

[00:02:20] God saved when he destroyed the earth：there was noahhis wifetheir sons and their wives

[00:02:29] 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

[00:02:37] When I see the ten I think of the ten commandments that god handed down to moses on a tablet of stone

[00:02:44] When I see the king it reminds me that there is but one king of heaven god almighty

[00:02:51] And when I see the queen I think of the blessed virgin mary who is the queen of heaven

[00:02:56] And the jack or knave is the devil

[00:03:00] When I count the number of spots in a deck of cards I find 365 the number of days in a year

[00:03:07] There are 52 cards the number of weeks in a year

[00:03:10] There are four suits the number of weeks in a month

[00:03:14] There are twelve picture cards the number of months in a year

[00:03:17] There are thirteen tricks the number of weeks in a quarter

[00:03:22] So you see sir my deck of cards serves me as a bible an almanac and a prayer book

[00:03:33] And friends this is a true story

[00:03:37] I know I was that soldier