They Took Me to the Holy Band

Robert Burns (1759โ€“1796)

The Merry Muses of Caledonia

They took me to the Holy Band,For playing wi' my wife, sir,And lang and sair they lectured me,For leading sic a life, sir.

I answered in not many words,"What deil needs a' this clatter?As long as she could keep the grig,I aye was fโ€”โ€”g at her."