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GHOSTS OF CABLE STREET (Paul Simmonds) England, Nineteen Thirty-Six. The grip of the Sabbath 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 its flag of Black and Red, A flag that casts a shadow in Berlin and in Madrid. cho: 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 its palm. The battle broke as the fists and the batons fell. Through the barricades, 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. As recorded by the Men They Couldn't Hang on "Goldrush," 1986, and on other albums. Describes the Cable Street Riot, which broke out when left-wing organisations successfully stopped the British Union of Fascists, led by the anti-Semitic Sir Oswald Mosley, from marching through the Jewish areas of London. @history filename[ GHOSCABL DP Feb07  8note Sheet |
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