The poem describes a hot summer day when the ice cream man comes down the street with his cart. He sells cold treats like vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry ice cream from his cart to the gathered children. The children cluster around the cart like honey bees, happy for the ice cream man's refreshing arrival in the heat.
2. The Ice-Cream Man Rachael Field
When summer's in the city,
And brick's a blaze of heat,
The Ice-Cream Man with his little cart
Goes trundling down the street.
Beneath his round umbrella,
Oh, what a joyful sight,
To see him fill the cones with mounds
Of cooling brown or white:
Vanilla, chocolate, strawberry,
Or chilly things to drink
From bottles full of frosty-fizz
Green, orange, white or pink.
His cart might be a flower bed
Of roses or sweet peas,
The way the children cluster round
As thick as honey bees.
By-Rachel field
4. When summer's in
the city,
And brick's a blaze of
heat,
The Ice-Cream Man
with his little cart
Goes trundling down
the street.