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The Scottish anarcho-punk band Oi Polloi wrote and recorded "Let the Boots Do the Talking" with a refrain that referenced the battle:
- We remember Mosley
- And how Cable Street folk fought him
- When we see the fash
- We let the boots do the talking
The British folk punk group The Men They Couldn't Hang wrote and recorded a song about the event called "The Ghosts of Cable Street," available on their second album "How Green Is The Valley" from 1985 on MCA records and subsequently on their 2004 live cd "Smugglers and Bounty Hunters" released in 2005 on Secret Records.
British singer Billy Bragg references the battle in his song "The Battle of Barking" on his album Fight Songs.
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