Narration 1
by Johnny Cash
From the album: Sings the Ballads of the True West
Duration: 1:14
Lyrics for Narration 1
One day on 1881 the Tombstone Epitaph A booming newspaper in a booming silver mining town Screamed out the headlines about a gunfight at The OK Corral right downtown The headlines read "Murder in the Streets of Tombstone" Well, that wasn't such hot news But more stark and spine-chilling than that was a sight On the boardwalk in front of the Epitaph building Neatly laid out in beautiful caskets were the bodies of Tom McLowery Frank McLowery and young Billy Clanton, 28 years old A witness at the trial later said that he saw Doc Holliday Blast away with a nickel plated pistol And Billy Clanton screamed, "Don't shoot me, I don't wanna fight" Today, there's no more silver mining in Tombstone But up there on Boot Hill, you can see where the graves of the men are The ones who fought over or because of that big silver strike that created Tombstone