Then I ducked my head, and the lights went out, and two guns blazed in the dark,
And a woman screamed, and the lights went up, and two men lay stiff and stark.
Pitched on his head, and pumped full of lead, was Dangerous Dan McGrew,
While the man from the creeks lay clutched to the breast of the lady that's known as Lou.
You just can’t beat Robert W. Service. My kids sat through many readings, most often The Cremation of Sam McGee, but Dan McGrew and others showed up in rotation.