Tidy monologue — Two Slatterns and a King: A Moral Interlude

I am TIDY, I have been All my life both neat and clean. From my outside to my in Clean am I unto my skin. Every day into a bucket My hands I dip, my head I duck it; And if the water plenty be I sometimes wet some more of me. This is my kitchen, where you will find All things pleasant and to your mind; Against the wall in orderly pairs-- One, two,--one, two,--observe my chairs. In the middle of the room my table stands: I would not move it for many lands. My basins and bowls are all in their places; The bottoms of my pots are as clean as your faces. My kettle boils so cheerily, It is like a friendly voice to me; About my work I merrily sing, And I brush my hearth with a white duck’s wing. Oh, full is every cupboard, sharp is every knife!-- My bright, sunny kitchen is the pride of my life!