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Here's the Tender Coming
Last updated: 11.10.23
I started to sing Here's the Tender Coming on joining the Tyneside Maritime Chorus in early 2011 and very much enjoying the bass part.
This song can be found in Roy Palmer's The Valiant Sailor. In the sleeve notes for the same-named recording where it was sung by Frankie Armstrong, Roy Palmer wrote:
This poignant song comes from the Northeast. Newcastle and Sunderland were second only to London in providing men for the navy during the French wars. Resistance was sometimes violent, with women playing a prominent part. The Lawe [referred to in the 4th verse] is a high vantage point, whence the hated tender could be seen lying out beyond the harbour bar. The pressing tenders were like floating prisons, where "recruits" were assembled before being distributed to the various ships.
The Northumbrian Minstrelsy also includes the melody and 1st verse of this song, more is to be found in John Stokoe's Songs and Ballads of Northern England (1893).
This song may be found in the Tyneside Maritime Chorus songbook
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
cd15.gif Frankie Armstrong Lovely on the Water CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif
cd15.gif Bob Fox Dark to the Sky
cd15.gif The High Level Ranters Ranting Lads flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists The Folks of Shields - Around South Tyneside CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif 
     Title Performer Composer
       
youtube15.jpg The Unthanks - Here's The Tender Coming Live Later Jools Holland Oct 2009 (3:30) The Unthanks
youtube15.jpg Here's the Tender Coming (2:07) Willard's Leap Traditional