Post by Robbie on Apr 11, 2008 19:29:06 GMT -5
So I was talking to Hank last night about this band, I was wondering if anyone else was familiar with them?
Here are the lyrics to their song "The Ghost of Cable Street'.
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England, Nineteen Thirty Six The grip of the Sabbeth day
In London Town the only sound is a whisper in an alleyway
Men put on their gloves and boots, have a smoke before they go
From the west there is a warning of a wind about to blow
Like Caesar marching to the east marches Mosley with his men
Dressed in the clothes of deepest black like a gathering hurricane
This is the British Union with it's flag of Black and Red
A flag that casts a shadow in Berlin and in Madrid
Listen to the sounds of marching feet
And the voices of the ghosts of Cable Street
Fists, stones, batons and the gun
With courage we shall beat those blackshirts down
So mile by mile they come on down to a place called Cable street
And other men are waiting there, preparations are complete
Mosley comes so close they now can see his outstretched arm
A hand held up that way never took the future in it's palm
Listen to the sounds of marching feet
And the voices of the ghosts of Cable Street
Fists, stones, batons and the gun
With courage we shall beat those blackshirts down
The battle broke as the fists and the batons fell
Through the baracades, past the sounds of the wounded yells
Jack Spot crept through with a chair leg made of lead
Brought down a crushing blow on Mosley's head
So we learn from history generations have to fight
And those who crave for mastery must be faced down on sight
And if that means by words, by fist, by stones or by the gun
Remember those who stood up for their daughters and their sons
Listen to the sounds of marching feet
And the voices of the ghosts of Cable Street
Fists, stones, batons and the gun
With courage we shall beat those blackshirts down
Listen to the sounds of marching feet
And the voices of the ghosts of Cable Street
Fists, stones, batons and the gun
With courage we shall beat those blackshirts down.
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The Battle for Cable Street was a battle against Fascism. The British Union of Fascists (BUF) organized the march though the East End of London. There both Fascists and Anti-Fascists clashed. The Anti-Fascists being mostly made up by local Jewish, socialist, Irish and communist groups. With the police on Oswald Mosley's side, the Anti- Fascists barricading the street. Allowing neither police or the Blackshirts passage, things soon turned into a full scale riot. In the end Oswald Mosley and his followers turned tail and ran. ;D
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Link to video with song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzKv5gjOzTA
Here are the lyrics to their song "The Ghost of Cable Street'.
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England, Nineteen Thirty Six The grip of the Sabbeth day
In London Town the only sound is a whisper in an alleyway
Men put on their gloves and boots, have a smoke before they go
From the west there is a warning of a wind about to blow
Like Caesar marching to the east marches Mosley with his men
Dressed in the clothes of deepest black like a gathering hurricane
This is the British Union with it's flag of Black and Red
A flag that casts a shadow in Berlin and in Madrid
Listen to the sounds of marching feet
And the voices of the ghosts of Cable Street
Fists, stones, batons and the gun
With courage we shall beat those blackshirts down
So mile by mile they come on down to a place called Cable street
And other men are waiting there, preparations are complete
Mosley comes so close they now can see his outstretched arm
A hand held up that way never took the future in it's palm
Listen to the sounds of marching feet
And the voices of the ghosts of Cable Street
Fists, stones, batons and the gun
With courage we shall beat those blackshirts down
The battle broke as the fists and the batons fell
Through the baracades, past the sounds of the wounded yells
Jack Spot crept through with a chair leg made of lead
Brought down a crushing blow on Mosley's head
So we learn from history generations have to fight
And those who crave for mastery must be faced down on sight
And if that means by words, by fist, by stones or by the gun
Remember those who stood up for their daughters and their sons
Listen to the sounds of marching feet
And the voices of the ghosts of Cable Street
Fists, stones, batons and the gun
With courage we shall beat those blackshirts down
Listen to the sounds of marching feet
And the voices of the ghosts of Cable Street
Fists, stones, batons and the gun
With courage we shall beat those blackshirts down.
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The Battle for Cable Street was a battle against Fascism. The British Union of Fascists (BUF) organized the march though the East End of London. There both Fascists and Anti-Fascists clashed. The Anti-Fascists being mostly made up by local Jewish, socialist, Irish and communist groups. With the police on Oswald Mosley's side, the Anti- Fascists barricading the street. Allowing neither police or the Blackshirts passage, things soon turned into a full scale riot. In the end Oswald Mosley and his followers turned tail and ran. ;D
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Link to video with song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzKv5gjOzTA