Wheear 'as ta bin sin ah saw thee
On Ilkley Moor baht 'at
Wheear 'as ta bin sin ah saw thee
Wheear 'as ta bin sin ah saw thee
On Ilkley Moor baht 'at
Where have you been since
I saw you last On Ilkley Moor without a hat
Tha's been a courtin' Mary Jane
You have been going out with Mary Jane
Tha's going catch tha death o'cowd
You're going to catch a cold
that’ll be the death of you
Then we shall 'av to bury thee
Then we shall have to bury you
Then t'worms 'll cum an eat thee oop
Then the worms will come an eat your body
Then t'ducks 'll cum and eat oop t'worms
Then ducks will eat all the worms
Then we shall go an' eat oop ducks
Then we will all eat the ducks
Then we shall all 'av etten thee
Therefore we will have eaten you
That's wheer we get us oahn back
So we get our own back
On Ilkley Moor baht 'at