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Peter-- in the early 60s, there was a song out in the US called "Deck of Cards". It was by a Los Angeles disc jockey/game show host and producer named Wink Martindale.The gist of this song was that a soldier was looking at cards while in the chapel. His commanding officer chastized him for "playing cards in church". The youg soldier than describes what each of the cards means to him. Hope this is the song you are thinking of.

Dan Farrell
Anaheim CA
'97 carter D-10
Nashville 1000

Hi Dan,
Thanks,yes I think that must be the song.I can't remember,did it have steel?
Peter.

Dan, I heard the song just last week. The soldier was telling the officer what all the cards meant to him. Each card had a biblical meaning to him. However,I was listening to the words and do not remember if there was a steel guitar on the song. The song is powerful and really grabs your attention...Paul

The original record was by the great T.Texas Tyler I believe. Wink's record was a cover but sold a lot more copies....JH

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Livin' in the Past and the Future with a 12 string Mooney Universal tuning.

Hi Guys,
Is Winks cover better than the Tyler original?
Pete.

Wink wrote the song ?<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by JERRY THURMOND on 28 July 2003 at 04:55 PM.]</p></FONT>

That song (Deck Of Cards) was also a pretty good hit for Tex Ritter and Bill Anderson! I believe Jimmy Dean did a version, as well. It's a very common recitation (written during WWII), and was likely done by most all singers who specialize in that type of material.

This song has been covered by quite a few artists including T.Texas, Tex Ritter, Bill Anderson, Don Williams, Phil Harris, Wink Martindale and Sgt. Barry Sadler. There were also two covers of it with the title and some word changes in them to reflect the title changes. "The Cowboys Deck Of Cards" by Cowboy Copas and "Vietnam Deck Of Cards" by Red Sovine. Red's version has nice steel playing in the background.

Don't think this is the song being asked about as there is no mention about the 5 of hearts as referred to above.

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I did a search and found this. http://www.geocities.com/ladypatsy253/song-4.html

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Jim Vogan
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<SMALL>Wink wrote the song</SMALL>

Jerry,
I don't think so. It's credited to T.Texas Tyler.

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I seem to recall that a Sargent somebody wrote the song.

Bob

Like Smiley said, T. Texas Tyler "The man with a million friends" wrote it. He's also responsible for other songs which have been covered by other artists, like Remember Me which Willie Nelson had a good version, however Willie left out a verse. JH<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Jerry Hayes on 29 July 2003 at 11:46 AM.]</p></FONT>

Thanks for your input guys.The song is the Deck Of Cards by Wink.
Peter.