25th April 2021
There is a song about Perkin Warbeck on one of my Ricardian albums which I wrote several years ago while on holiday in Scotland. Last Sunday I finished writing a second song about this pretender to the English throne.
At the Gates of Exeter
A young pretender to the throne
His real name is still not known
Came to the West Country with intent
A warning to the Tudor king was sent
He raised his standard at Penzance
Towards Exeter he would advance
Gathering supporters along the way
He was Richard of York some do say
At the gates of Exeter he arrived
And to force an entrance he duly tried
Attacks on the North and East gates failed
The defence of Exeter prevailed
I have also started to scan some old photos of the Torbay music scene of the early 1980s. Here is a photo of Jerry Brimicombe and me about to set off for our second Chapter 29 gig in early 1982.
