The Ghosts Of Cable Street

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Like Caesar marching to the East, marches Mosley with his men
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Dressed in their clothes of deepest black like a gathering hurricane
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This is the British union with its flag of black and red
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A flag that casts a shadow in Berlin and in Madrid

CHORUS
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Listen to the sound of marching feet and the voices of the ghosts of Cable Street
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Fists and stones and batons and the gun, with courage we shall beat those blackshirts down

VERSE 3
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So mile by mile they come on down to a place called Cable street
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And other men are waiting there preparations are complete
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Mosley comes so close they now can see his outstretched arm
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A hand raised up that way never took the future in its palm

CHORUS
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Listen to the sound of marching feet and the voices of the ghosts of Cable Street
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Fists and stones and batons and the gun, with courage we shall beat those blackshirts down


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The battle broke as the fists and the batons fell
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Through the barricades as the sound of the wounded yell
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Jack Spot crept through with a chair leg made of lead
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Brought down a crashing blow on Mosley's head

VERSE 4
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And so we learn from history generations have to fight
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And those who crave for mastery must be faced down on sight
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And if that means by words, by fists, by stones or by the gun
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Remember those who stood up for their daughters and their sons

CHORUS
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Listen to the sound of marching feet and the voices of the ghosts of Cable Street
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let ring, optional)
Fists and stones and batons and the gun, with courage we shall beat those blackshirts.....