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ON ILKLEY MOOR BAHT HAT

(Yorkshire song; learned from songbooks in the 1950s)

Wheer has tha' bin sin' a' saw thee?
    On Ilkley Moor baht hat.
Wheer has tha' bin sin' a' saw thee?
Wheer has tha' bin sin' a' saw thee?
    On Ilkley Moor baht hat,
    On Ilkley Moor baht hat,
    On Ilkley Moor baht hat!

(same pattern -- first line repeats twice, chorus line three times)
Tha's been a-coortin' Mary Jane,

Tha's bahn ter catch thy death o' cold,

Then we sall ha' to bury thee,

Then worms will come and ate thee up,(pronounced oop)

Then ducks will come and ate up t'worms,

Then we will come and ate up t'ducks,

Then we will all have eten thee!

That's when we'll get our own back!

(from miriam berg's folksong collection)