She was called the queen of the night life Ruling the district of bright light Where wealth and beauty was well rife She had the worst kind of man in her sight
Her fortune was all he desired He had another woman on the side And for this the gun shots were fired In a duel that's heard of worldwide
He felt oh so mighty proud As he watched them fight for his hand They pulled guns in front of a big crowd But it didn't go as it was planned
Instead of one madam left as a winner A bullet grazed his own throat The punishment for being a sinner Who failed to one woman devote
Mattie Silks was a madam who was in the first female duel in the wild west. She accidently shot the man they dueled about.