HERE'S THE TENDER COMING
Created on 07/12/2009Latest update on 26/01/2026
Artist: Dave Burland
Author: traditional
Label: Trailer
Year: 1971
On LP A Dalesman's Litany. Press gang song from North-East England; the Tender is the name of a war vessel in need of new blood. On album The Valiant Sailor - Songs & Ballads Of Nelson's Navy.
Covers:
- 1973:
Frankie Armstrong [on Topic album The Valiant Sailor - Songs & Ballads Of Nelson's Navy]
- 1976:
- 1991:
Jed Lowe & The Bad Pennies [in medley with Felton Lonnen]
- 2006:
Kathryn Tickell [vocal: Corrina Hewat]
- 2009:
Unthanks [title track cd; knew it from their father who sang it with The Keelers]
- 2024:
Johnny Campbell [on True North]
