The Crystal Palace Allen Street
Home of the saloon for cowboys to meet
To get a frosty beverage in a jar
Have some loving and maybe a cigar
Marshal Virgil Earp’s headquarters on the second floor,
Many a shady character he entertained here before
Virgil had three brothers; Wyatt, Morgan and James
James wasn’t into the three brother’s games.
One place called The Bird Cage Theatre just down a ways
Where the stage held many respectable plays
Quite legendary in Tombstone
A considerable number visited frequently
Down in the cellar of the “bird in a gilded cage”
Held many a card game sometimes ending in rage
One thousand in poker chips to take a seat
And play against top card sharks with hopes to defeat
Doc Holiday the dentist turned gunfighter-gambler
Wandering from town to town like a lonesome rambler
Big Nose Kate Fisher soon became his consort
His sweet soft Hungarian devil he did escort
One night came a group adorned in red sashes
Looking to win and take all of the money stashes
Big Minnie Mignon took two bits from each cowboy
For the alcove and a girl inside was just a decoy
Playing up against the great gamblers around
When the card playing got hot no one made a sound
Johnny Ringo passed cards to his buddy Curly Bill
After that everything else went fast down hill
Those cowboys they drank a lot of mescal
That started the gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Five members of the Clanton-McLaury gang shot