The Richest Woman in the World

She chops into meat with a golden knife

And cooks it in a golden skillet.

For coal she has a golden hod.

There is always a plenty to fill it. 


She has some tongs made out of pearl

To poke the fire and make it burn.

She pours the milk in diamond crocks

And churns the cream in a silver churn.


And when she’s tired she has a stool;

It’s made of jade with pearls set in it. 

She sits down here and wipes her face

And gets her breath a minute.


On Saturday she stirs the cake

With gold, and when the water is hot,

She kills the hen with a golden axe

And scalds her in a golden pot.