Sir Galahad

[...] and now the piano began to tinkle again and a voice broke into a less familiar number.

The words came to us faintly, but clearly :

'The days of Chivalry are dead,

Of which in stories I have read,

[...]

For those were the days when a lady was a lady

And a gent was a perfect gent.'

A Ninepennyworth of Sherry sighed.

'True', he murmured. 'Very true.'

The singer continued:

'Some night when they sat down to dine,

Sir Claude would say: "That girl of mine

[...]

And when Sir Claude, so fair and young,

Got puncture in the leg or lung,

They looked upon the argument as settled.'

Mulliner Nights. 4 The Knightly Quest of Mervyn