And I have sat amid the turbulent crowd
And have assisted at their boisterous play;
I have unbent myself and shouted loud
And been as blatant and as coarse as they
I have consorted with vulgarity
And am indelibly marked with its fell kiss
Meanly I lived upon casual charity
Eagerly drinking of the dregs of bliss
And I Have Sat was written by Aribert Reimann & James Joyce.