Key: F major
Verse 1
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During the North African
Campagne
been on a long hike
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called Casino
The next morning, being Sunday,
several of the boys went to church
A Sargent commanded
the boys in church
And after the chaplain had
read the prayer
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Those of the boys who
had a prayer books took them out
But, this one boy had only a deck of cards
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And so he spread them out
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The Sargent saw the cards and said,
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"Soldier, put away those cards"
After the services were over, the soldier was
And brought before the Provost Marshall
The marshal said, "Sergeant,
"For playing cards in church Sir"
"And what have you to say for yourself Son?"
"Much, Sir," replied the
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The marshal said, "I hope so, for if not I shall punish you more than
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any man was ever punished"
I have been on the march for about six days
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I have neither Bible nor prayer book,
but I hope to satisfy you, Sir
With the purity of my intentions"
And with that, the
boy started his story
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It reminds me that there is but one God
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And the deuce,
reminds me that the bible is divided
Into two parts,
the old and the new testament
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When I see the trey, I think of the Father,
Son, and the Holy Ghost
I think of the four Evangelists who preached the Gospel
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Luke and John
me of the five wise virgins
Who trimmed their lamps,
there were ten of them
five were foolish
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When I see the six,
it reminds me that in six days
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it reminds me that on the seventh day
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And when I see the eight,
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God saved when he destroyed this Earth
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There was Noah, his wife, their three sons,
and their wives
And when I see the nine,
I think of the lepers our Saviour cleansed
thank him
When I see the ten,
I think of the ten commandments
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Moses on a table of stone
When I see the king, it reminds me that
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there is but one King of Heaven
God Almighty
Who is Queen of Heaven,
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and the Jack of Knaves is the Devil
When I count the number
of spots in a deck of cards
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There are 52 cards, the number
of weeks in a year
There are four suits,
the number of weeks in a month
the number of months in a year
There are thirteen tricks, the
number of weeks in a quarter
So, you see Sir,
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my pack of cards serves me as a Bible
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And friends, the story is true, I know
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