Does anyone know a folkie who could record a passionate version for the present day protests about forced local government amalgamations?
It isn't nice to block
the doorway,
It isn't nice to go to jail,
There are nicer ways to do it,
But the nice ways always fail.
It isn't nice, it isn't nice,
You told us once, you told us twice,
But if that's Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
It isn't nice to go to jail,
There are nicer ways to do it,
But the nice ways always fail.
It isn't nice, it isn't nice,
You told us once, you told us twice,
But if that's Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
It isn't nice to carry
banners
Or to sit in on the floor,
Or to shout our cry of Freedom
At the parliamentary store.
It isn't nice, it isn't nice,
You told us once, you told us twice,
But if that's Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
Or to sit in on the floor,
Or to shout our cry of Freedom
At the parliamentary store.
It isn't nice, it isn't nice,
You told us once, you told us twice,
But if that's Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
Now we tried
negotiations
And the token picket line,
And the token picket line,
Mr. Barnett didn't
see us
And he might as well be blind.
When you deal with men of ice,
You can’t deal in ways so nice
And he might as well be blind.
When you deal with men of ice,
You can’t deal in ways so nice
But if that's
Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
We don't mind.
They
destroy us
without blinking
They shot Vincent in the back.
They shot Vincent in the back.
Did you say it wasn't
proper,
Did you stand upon the track?
You were quiet just like mice,
Now you say we aren't nice,
And if that's Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
Did you stand upon the track?
You were quiet just like mice,
Now you say we aren't nice,
And if that's Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
It isn't nice to block
the doorway,
It isn't nice to go to jail,
There are nicer ways to do it
But the nice ways always fail.
It isn't nice, it isn't nice,
But thank you Colin for your advice,
‘Cos if that’s Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
It isn't nice to go to jail,
There are nicer ways to do it
But the nice ways always fail.
It isn't nice, it isn't nice,
But thank you Colin for your advice,
‘Cos if that’s Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
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