"Try a Little Tenderness" is a love song written by Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly and Harry M. Woods, and recorded initially on December 8, 1932 by the Ray Noble Orchestra (with vocals by Val Rosing) followed by both Ruth Etting and Bing Crosby in 1933. Subsequent recordings and performances were done by such recording artists as Otis Redding, Pat O'Malley in the Jack Hylton's Big Band, Little Miss Cornshucks (1951), Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormé, Rod Stewart, Frankie Laine, Percy Sledge, Earl Grant, Al Jarreau, Nina Simone, Etta James, Tina Turner, Three Dog Night, John Miles and Andrew Strong, Chris Brown, Michael Bublé, The Von Bondies, Cassia Eller and Amber Riley in the Fox show Glee. .....
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She may be weary
All women do get weary
Wearing the same shabby dress
And when she's weary
Try a little tenderness

She may be waiting
Just anticipating
Things she may never possess
And while she's without them
Try a little tenderness

For it's not just sentimental
She has her grief
And her cares
But a word
So soft and gentle
Makes it easier to bear


You won't regret it
All women don't forget it
And love is their whole happiness
And it's all so easy
to try a little tenderness

You've gotta try
You've gotta hold 'er
You've got to squeeze her
You've gotta to try
You've got to try
And always please her
And now you won't regret it
You won't regret it
Oh
Try a little tender-ness