On Ilkley Moor Baht 'at
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Genre: World / Folk
Decade: before 1923
Submitted by: Russell Ambrose
Description:
On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at (Standard English: On Ilkley Moor without a hat) is a popular folk song from Yorkshire, England. It is sung in the Yorkshire dialect, and is considered the unofficial anthem of the county.[1] According to tradition, the words were composed by members of a Halifax church choir during an outing to Ilkley Moor near Ilkley, West Yorkshire. [2]
by: Russell Ambrose