"Baht" means "without" so, the title means
out on the moor without a hat
Echo: Others echo-sing words bolded in parenthesis i.e. (I saw thee)
Where have you been since I saw thee (I saw thee)
On Ilkley Moor bah t'at
Where have you been since I saw (Where have you been since I saw… )
Where have you been since I saw (Where have you been since I saw thee)
Chorus
On Ilkley Moor bah t'at
On Ilkley Moor bah t'at
On Ilkley Moor bah t'at
I've been a'courtin' Mary Jane (Mary Jane)
On Ilkey Moor bah t'at
I've been a'coortin' Mary (I've been a'coortin' Mary Jane)
I've been a'coortin' Mary (I've been a'coortin' Mary Jane)
Chorus
Then thee will catch thy death of cold (death of cold)
On Ilkey Moor bah t'at
Then thee will catch thy death of...(Then thee will catch thy death of cold)
Then thee will catch thy death of cold (Then thee will catch thy death of cold)
Chorus
Then we shall have to bury thee (bury thee)
On Ilkey Moor bah t'at
Then we shall have to bury (Then we shall haf' to bury thee)
Then we shall have to bury (Then we shall haf' to bury thee)
Chorus
Then all the worms will eat ya oop (eat you oop)
On Ilkey Moor bah t'at
Then all the worms will eat ya (Then all the worms will eat ya oop)
Then all the worms will eat ya (Then all the worms will eat ya oop)
Chorus
Then all the ducks will eat the worms (eat the worms)
On Ilkey Moor bah t'at
Then all the ducks will eat the (Then all the ducks will eat the worms)
Then all the ducks will eat the (Then all the ducks will eat the worms)
Chorus
Then we will all eat up the ducks (up the ducks)
On Ilkey Moor bah t'at
Then we will all eat up the (Then we will all eat up the ducks)
Then we will all eat up the (Then we will all eat up the ducks)
Chorus
Then us will all be eatin' thee ("eatin' thee?")
On Ilkey Moor bah t'at
Then us will all be eatin' (Then us will all be eatin' thee)
Then us will all be eatin' (Then us will all be eatin' thee)
Chorus
Then we will have our loved ones back (loved ones back)
On Ilkey Moor bah t'at
Then we will have our loved (Then we will have our loved ones back)
Then we will have our loved (Then we will have our loved ones back)
Chorus
While shepards watch their flocks by night (no echo)
All seated on the ground
Lord of the host came down
And glory shown all around
Chorus
(In this accompanying sheet music, the echo is not noted)

Ilkley is a city on the Wharfe River in West Yorkshire, England, close to North Yorkshire and the Yorkshire Dales National Park.