Ilkley moor - other songs about it?

Subject: Ilkley moor
From: muppett
Date: 23 Oct 03 - 11:57 AM

Apart from the obvious (Ilka moor bar tat) & my rap version, are there any songs about this moor?

Subject: RE: Ilkley moor - other songs about it?
From: ced2
Date: 23 Oct 03 - 03:11 PM

'Ells bells Mr Uppett, Why should there be? Its an 'orrible place. It may, from the middle of Bradford seem like heaven but then again anywhere(apart from Keighley)would. Sithee

Subject: RE: Ilkley moor - other songs about it?
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Oct 03 - 06:26 PM

My Dad taught me poem:

"As I went o'er Ilkley Moor
I met me Uncle Martin
He said nowt,
and I said nowt
So we both agreed to parting."

Now all you need is a tune and some more verses !

Subject: RE: Ilkley moor - other songs about it?
From: muppett
Date: 24 Oct 03 - 08:49 AM

Cheers Guest ????????? who ever you are, I'M on with it now.

Subject: RE: Ilkley moor - other songs about it?
From: muppett
Date: 24 Oct 03 - 08:52 AM

Nay Cedric,
          It's a brill place, what do others think?

Subject: RE: Ilkley moor - other songs about it?
From: GUEST,CN
Date: 25 Oct 03 - 05:49 AM

I consider to be the centre of the known universe...

Subject: RE: Ilkley moor - other songs about it?
From: muppett
Date: 27 Oct 03 - 04:10 AM

Here Here Guest CN

Subject: RE: Ilkley moor - other songs about it?
From: GUEST,ozmacca
Date: 27 Oct 03 - 04:22 AM

All of which puts me in mind of a line from one episode of "The Last Of The Summer Wine" which has nowt much to do wi't' Moor, but says a lot about the north of England.

"D'ye see that chimney?" (indicating a tall disused factory chimney in the background) "They do say as 'ow, on a clear day, ye can see Manchester from 't' top o' that chimney."

"Aye.... there's allus a snag, ain't there."

Subject: RE: Ilkley moor - other songs about it?
From:
Date: 18 Feb 06 - 05:04 AM

My brother John Hanna M.A. a student of northern dialects for many years; told me the correct translation of 'baht hat'.

'WITHOUT ANYTHING = NAKED' - You do not catch cold on Ilkley Moor not wearing your hat, but you could almost certainly do so without wearing anything!

Bob Hanna.

Subject: RE: Ilkley moor - other songs about it?
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Feb 06 - 05:32 AM

It may be the spelling that confuses people - should it be 'baht aht' = without owt/ought = without anything?

Subject: RE: Ilkley moor - other songs about it?
From: GUEST,Bill the Collie
Date: 18 Feb 06 - 08:35 AM

There was my composition

"On Ilkla Moor with 'at"

Never even made the top 40

Subject: Lyr Add: ILKLEY D'AMOUR (Les Barker)
From: Snuffy
Date: 18 Feb 06 - 08:45 AM

ILKLEY D'AMOUR

(Les Barker)

Ilkley d'amour, le 'ill where the Yorkshiremen go.
Ilkley d'amour et j'ai been there with mon chapeau.

Wheer hast tha' been since the day that I je t'ai vu.
J'ai been to court Mary Jane, chacun à son goût.

Ilkley d'amour, le 'ill where the Yorkshiremen go.
Ilkley d'amour et j'ai been there with mon chapeau.

Sacré bleu, vous will catch thy dee-ath tha knows
Vous allez snuff it si vous allez sans chapeau
Ooh 't worms'll ate thee, les ducks mange les worms for their tea
Et nous mange les ducks, so nous will have eaten thee

Ilkley d'amour, le 'ill where the Yorkshiremen go.
Ilkley d'amour et j'ai been there with mon chapeau.

Subject: RE: Ilkley moor - other songs about it?
From: GUEST
Date: 09 Mar 08 - 06:30 PM

In some American churches, Baptist type ones, not the happy clappy sort, the hymn "While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks" is sung to the tune of Ilkley Moor Bah't 'at. Funny!

Subject: RE: Ilkley moor - other songs about it?
From: Snuffy
Date: 09 Mar 08 - 08:08 PM

It's t'other road round, Guest. The words of Ilkley Moor Baht 'At were made up by members of a church choir and set to a hymn tune they frequently sang.

Subject: RE: Ilkley moor - other songs about it?
From: Folkiedave
Date: 10 Mar 08 - 05:36 AM

In some American churches

We still sing it around here! Here is Sheffield.

Subject: RE: Ilkley moor - other songs about it?
From: The Borchester Echo
Date: 10 Mar 08 - 05:54 AM

Every time this comes up (which is very often) someone always thinks the carol is sung to the tune of the song.
Except when a certain journalist screws up by wrongly identifying the carol he's trying to talk about.
Try sending in a question to Mojo asking what song is sung to the tune of O Come All Ye Faithful.

Subject: RE: Ilkley moor - other songs about it?
From: GUEST,c.g.
Date: 10 Mar 08 - 06:02 AM

The tune (Cranbrook) was written by Thomas Clark, shoemaker of Canterbury, 1775 - 1859

Subject: RE: Ilkley moor - other songs about it?
From: GUEST,Gordon T
Date: 10 Mar 08 - 07:10 AM

One's enough;-) - and why are there no songs about Otley Chevin? - or are there?
You can go rock climbing at on Ilkley Moor - better to wear a hat though,cos you'll probably fall off - its so slippery and polished because of parties of kids being taken up routes on top ropes.

Subject: RE: Ilkley moor - other songs about it?
From: Tyke
Date: 10 Mar 08 - 08:38 PM

Hi Muppet Plenty of songs and stuff on The Hermit from the Mountain Ash Band all about the Hermit who lived on Ilkely Moor. The Hermit Pub is named after him.
You can get a copy of the Hermit HERE!

Bass Cooper has a Monologue about a Ghost Bus that Runs via Otley Chevin.

Subject: RE: Ilkley moor - other songs about it?
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 08 Jan 19 - 06:39 PM

Prompted by keberoxu on another thread
thread.cfm?threadid=165306&messages=30#3970027 I found this thread an amusing read and worth sharing to brighten a dull January day.