Biography:
Barbara Dane (born Barbara Jean Spillman on 12 May 1927 in Detroit) is an American folk, blues, and jazz singer.
Born into a white middle-class family, as a child Dane sang and played piano in Sunday school and also learned to play guitar. Right out of high school, Barbara began to raise her strong voice regularly at demonstrations for racial equality and economic justice. From the mid-40s she became involved with the labor, civil rights and feminist movements.
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Ab Fm
It isn't nice to block the doorway,
Db Eb
It isn't nice to go to jail,
Ab Fm
There are nicer ways to do it,
Db Eb
But the nice ways always fail.
Ab Fm
It isn't nice, it isn't nice,
Db Eb
You told us once, you told us twice,
Db Eb
But if that is Freedom's price,
Ab Fm Db Eb
We don't mind.
Ab Fm Db Eb (x2)
It isn't nice to carry banners
Or to sit in on the floor,
Or to shout our cry of Freedom
At the hotel and the store.
It isn't nice, it isn't nice,
You told us once, you told us twice,
But if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
We have tried negotiations
And the three-man picket line,
Mr. Charlie didn't see us
And he might as well be blind.
Now our new ways aren't nice
When we deal with men of ice,
But if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
How about those years of lynchings
And the shot in Evers' 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 is 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 thanks for your advice,
Cause if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
It isn't nice to block the doorway,
Db Eb
It isn't nice to go to jail,
Ab Fm
There are nicer ways to do it,
Db Eb
But the nice ways always fail.
Ab Fm
It isn't nice, it isn't nice,
Db Eb
You told us once, you told us twice,
Db Eb
But if that is Freedom's price,
Ab Fm Db Eb
We don't mind.
Ab Fm Db Eb (x2)
It isn't nice to carry banners
Or to sit in on the floor,
Or to shout our cry of Freedom
At the hotel and the store.
It isn't nice, it isn't nice,
You told us once, you told us twice,
But if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
We have tried negotiations
And the three-man picket line,
Mr. Charlie didn't see us
And he might as well be blind.
Now our new ways aren't nice
When we deal with men of ice,
But if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
How about those years of lynchings
And the shot in Evers' 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 is 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 thanks for your advice,
Cause if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
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