The Boy and the Mantle (Three Tests of Chastity) Steeleye Span

On the third of May to Carlisle did come
A courteous child with much wisdom
A kirtle and mantle the boy had on
With rings and broaches full richly adorned

Out of his pouch he pulled two nut shells
A pretty mantle therein did dwell
King Arthur, let thy wife wear this
And it will prove whether she be chaste

Forth came dame Guinevere the mantle to try
For she was gay and fond of novelty
She slipped it on but she was afeared
That it might show more than she cared

First it was gold, then it turned green
Then it was blue and it ill her became
Then it turned black of the very worst hue
Said King Arthur, I think that thou's not true

She threw down the mantle in a fit of pique
And ran to her chamber with flushed cheeks
She cursed the weaver that the cloth had wrought
And vengeance on him that had it bought

Then many a wife did the mantle wear
But on their backs it did crinkle and tear
Kay's wife, she wore it with certainty
But it showed her buttocks bare for all to see!