VI.
Evan of Wales, that vent’rous knight, Led the foe through the land, But pressing forward in the fight, Upon a foreign strand, He won a garter gay, I ween, ’Twas neither silk nor velvet sheen, Though crimson was the band.
Guernsey Folk Lore: a collection of popular superstitions, legendary tales, peculiar customs, proverbs, weather sayings, etc., of the people of that island
Evan of Wales, that vent’rous knight, Led the foe through the land, But pressing forward in the fight, Upon a foreign strand, He won a garter gay, I ween, ’Twas neither silk nor velvet sheen, Though crimson was the band.