27th September 2020
Here are the lyrics to my latest song called Cadewell House. It makes me think about all of the children that played with me on the green at Cadewell Park Road. Tony Perry, Simon French, Jonathan Gibbs, Duncan Jones, Robert Fraser and Jethro Miles were just some of them. We had a wonderful time in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Cadewell House
A naval man purchased Cadewell field
Part of his land on which to build
The grandest house Shiphay has known
The admiral died far from his home
On his ship far from his home
As children we played on the green
Near to where that house had been
Near to where Cadewell House had been
The estate passed to the eldest son
Then purchased by Horatio Carlyon
See where the town hall stands
A business man who bought that land
An architect and a business man
As children we played on the green
Near to where that house had been
Near to where Cadewell House had been
After Mr Carlyon died
Mr Chapman retired there to reside
His wife like Dresden china
Of the ladies none were finer
None were as kind as her
As children we played on the green
Near to where that house had been
Near to where Cadewell House had been
It's a shame the house was knocked down
The Yankee army came to our town
Their depot where the house had been
They built the road around the green
Cadewell Park Road around the green
As children we played on the green
Near to where that house had been
Near to where Cadewell House had been
Near to where Cadewell House had been