Over the decades, Gerry continued to write musicals, but at some point Come on the Town disappeared.
However, about 20 years ago it was revived by several fans and even re-recorded, external by another Ipswich band.
Since then, fans old and young have come to know its joyful lyrics once again.
Most recently, a rendition was given by supporters during the Premier League promotion parade.
But what of Gerry?
In 1991, he retired from his job as an office manager at brewer Greene King in Bury St Edmunds, and moved to Spain in 1999.
He developed dementia and was later moved into a Spanish care home where Daniel last saw him during a visit in October 2014.
“Because he’d lost the ability to communicate very effectively, in order to get him to think about and recognise what was going on, I actually sang him Edward Ebenezer,” he said.
“That was the last time that we saw him alive and he smiled when he heard the song.
“I must admit that I had struggled not to get teary, but that was one of the last things that he heard from us… the song.”