The Young Archer from Ghent

Hiorta said he was waiting, well way back at a medieval banquet in wales the words in the title here were what we had to use:

My prize winning effort circa 1978
There was a young archer from ghent
Who's shaft was exeedingly bent
to save himself trouble
he put it in double
and instead of coming
he went

Now please tell me to remove this but it won a good prize from the Harry Secombe look alike compere.