Annotation:New Way of Getting Bairns (The)
X:1 T:New Way of Getting Bairns (The) M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig S:William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumberland) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D|G2c BGB AFD|G2c BGB g2d|efg dcB AFD|G2c B/c/dB G2:| |:f|gfe dcB AFD|gfe def g2e/f/|gfe dcB AFD|G2c B/c/dB G2:|]
NEW WAY OF GETTING BAIRNS, THE. AKA - "A New Way of Making Bairns." AKA and see "Best of Three," "New Way of Wooing," "Of Age Tomorrow," "Open the Door for Three," "Open the Door to Three (1)," "Winifred's Knot." English, Slip Jig (9/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The slip jig was entered into the c. 1790 music manuscript collection of London musician Thomas Hammersley, under the title "New Way of Ye World." "Mode o' Wooing (The)" is barely similar in the first strains, if one compares melodic contour; the second strains are unrelated. "New Way of Wooing" is a similarly-titled melody, albeit most versions are in duple time.
