Here's the Tender Comin'

X:85
T:Here's the Tender Comin'
S:Digital Tradition, tndrcomn
B:From Songs of the Sea, Hugill
Z:dt:tndrcomn
M:9/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=100
W:Here's the tender cominn'
W:Pressing all the maen
W:Oh, my hinny, what shall we do then?
W:Here's the tender comin'
W:Off at Shield's bar
W:Here's the tender comin'
W:Full of men-o'-war.
W:
W:Hide thee, canny Geordie
W:Hide thyself away,
W:Hide thee till the tender
W:Makes for Druid's bay;
W:If they catch thee Geordie
W:Who's to win our bread?
W:Me and little Jacky'd
W:Better off be dead.
W:
W:Here's the tender comin'
W:A-stealin' of me dear,
W:Oh, my hinny,
W:They'll press ye out o' here;
W:They will send ye foreign
W:THat is what this means,
W:Here's the tender comin'
W:Full o' red marines.
W:
W:Here's the tender cominn'
W:Pressing all the maen
W:Oh, my hinny, what shall we do then?
W:Here's the tender comin'
W:Off at Shield's bar
W:Here's the tender comin'
W:Full of men-o'-war.
K:D
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• www.atrilcoral.com/Partituras_ABC/h.zip/h/0356
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/OTIS_Irish_Session/melnets_big_abc_file/05549
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/kirby98.fsnet.co.uk/he/Heres_the_Tender_Comin_1/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/melodeon.net/melnets_big_abc_file/05549
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/terra.es/personal8/niltoni/h/0356