Lyr Req: Ghosts of Cable Street

Subject: Ghosts of Cable Street
From: Hyperabid
Date: 12 Apr 00 - 05:58 AM

Moving on from the songs about Neo-Nazism thread there is a great cong about the Cable Street riot titled as above by a band called "The Men the couldn't Hang" who also did a great version of No Man's Lad - Eric Bogle...

I'd really like to get hold of the lyrics about this uprising against Oswald Mosleys blackshirts in 1936 as I have satyed in Cable Street and always found the song an inspiration...

Anyone help?

Regards...

Hyp

Subject: Lyr Add: GHOSTS OF CABLE STREET^^
From: Hyperabid
Date: 12 Apr 00 - 09:35 AM

Well In this case I've managed to answer my own question...

This is a great song that came out of "cowpunk" the folk punk combination.

How do we get this posted on the database...?

Ghosts of Cable Street - The Men They Could Not Hang

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

Regards

Hyp

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ghosts of Cable street
From: MMario
Date: 12 Apr 00 - 09:44 AM

Hyp - put a link to this thread in the "songs you've posted" thread, and with any luck Joe will see it and "harvest" it....

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ghosts of Cable street
From: Hyperabid
Date: 14 Apr 00 - 06:29 AM

For more info on the band look here.

Hyp

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ghosts of Cable street
From: Bert
Date: 14 Apr 00 - 11:25 AM

My Dad was actually at 'The Battle of Cable Street'. He said that the crowds were so great that he got pushed up against the window of Gardner's store (at Gardner's Corner) and he could feel the glass bending from the press of the crowds. Had him quite worried for a while.

Bert.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ghosts of Cable street
From: Hyperabid
Date: 14 Apr 00 - 11:30 AM

I'n greateful to the "Neo-Nazi" therad (if that's possible) for reminding me about this song... I picked up the best of TMTCH from amazon.co.uk yesterday... Quite a treat.

It's really very quiet now. Just blocks of ex-council flats and small industrial units.

Hyp