Mothers bawling, children squalling,
Coaxing, teasing, whimpering, rattling;
Pots and pans, and kettles rattling,
Tumbling bedsteads, flying bedspreads,
Broken chairs, and hollow wares,
Strew the street—’tis moving day.
Bustle, bustle, stir about,
Some moving in—some moving out;
Some move by team, some move by hand,
An annual callithumpian band.