 Boyce says at some point riot police came with shields and helmets. Then there was a moment of stillness, a face-off. The police officers stood, staring at the bar patrons. They thought they'd turn and run. Boyce says instead... We knew we had to do something. So we all grabbed onto each other and did a kick line. And we sang, We are the village girls. We wear our hair in curls. We wear our dungarees above our nelly knees.