Its waterworks were shrieking;
It started for the old staircase,
While Ullin was a-speaking.
It met Mrs. Ullin coming down—
She’d tucked the kids to cover;
She wore her night-cap and her gown—
She never wore another!
It buzzed amid the trundle beds,
Ran over lairds and lasses,
Went through the window, down the sheds,