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1. Wheear 'as tha been since ah saw thee, I saw thee, On Ilkla Moor baht 'at? |: Wheear 'as tha bin since ah saw thee? :| On Ilkla Moor baht hat, baht 'at, |: On Ilkla Moor baht 'at? :|
2. I were a coortin' Mary Jane, Mary Jane, 3. Tha's bahn to get thi death o' cold . . . 4. Then we shall ha' to bury thee, bury thee . . . 5. Then t' worms 'll come an' ate thee up, ate thee up . . . 6. Then t' ducks 'll come an' ate up t' worms, ate up t' worms . . . 7. Then we shall come an' ate them ducks, ate them ducks... 8. Then we shall all 'av etten thee, etten thee . . . 9. That's how we get our oahn back, our oahn back . . . |
Ilkley is a city on the Wharfe River in West Yorkshire, close to North Yorkshire and the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
"Baht" means "without."
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