Here's the original. As you can see, it's a "coon" song. Good thing it's been changed in modern usage.

MOVING DAY
(Words by Andrew B. Sterling, Music by Harry Von Tilzer, 1906)

1. The landlord said this morning to me,
"Gimme your key, this flat ain't free,
I can't get no rent out of you,
Pack up your bags and skidoo."
I said, "Wait until ma Bill comes home,
He's ma honey from the honeycomb,
He'll have money 'cause he told me so this morning."
Landlord said, "I gave you lots of show,
Wants ma rooms or else I wants my dough,
I'll wait for Bill,
If he don't pay, why out you go."
Because it's....

CHORUS:
"Moving day, moving day,
Rip that carpet up from off the floor,
Take your oil stove, coon, and there's the door,
It's moving day,
Pack your folding bed and get away,
If you've spent every cent, You can live out in a tent,
It's moo-oo, oo, oo, ov-ing day."


2. Bill came in all covered with snow,
I said, "Hello, gimme some dough.
Here's the landlord waiting for rent."
Bill said, "I ain't got a cent.
Here's two chickens I brought home for stew,
Landlord take them for the rent that's due";
Landlord said, "Ma chicken coop was robbed this morning,
Two black hens are missing from ma coop,
They're the ones you just brought in for soup,
Get busy, coon,
And put your things down on the stoop."
Because it's.....
[CHORUS]


From the 1906 sheet music at the Lester Levy Sheet Music Collection

PDF of sheet music: http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/levy-cgi/datastream.cgi?id=148.098;type=pdf

Words by Andrew B. Sterling, Music by Harry Von Tilzer, 1906
"Dedicated to the Landlords of America"

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I learned this song from a recording by my neighbor and former boss, Debby McClatchy, on her CD titled Sweet Sunny South: The Legacy of Charlie Poole. Debby uses lyrics very similar to those in the sheet music, with the "coon" references removed.