On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at - Usage

Usage

The song has been used in various television programmes:

  • Yorkshire Television – pre-programme ident 1968–1989 and 1996–2002
  • Go With Noakes – 1970s BBC children's television programme
  • Clouds of Witness – TV adaptation of Dorothy Sayers' murder mystery
  • Heartbeat – sung by character Alf Ventress in an episode entitled "In The Bleak Midwinter" (series 14, episode 13, first aired 26 December 2004)
  • All Creatures Great and Small (TV series) - first season of TV series, and film
  • A distorted version of the chorus is sung by Eccles (Spike Milligan) in an episode of The Goon Show

Commercial recordings:

  • George Formby sang the second verse and the chorus in a medley of British folk songs.
  • Chumbawamba - hidden track on Just Look At Me Now CD single; however, this is not a Chumbawamba cover, but rather, an anonymous rendition sourced from a vinyl recording
  • Ted Heath recorded a Big Band Swing arrangement of the song in 1945
  • Bill Oddie - 1970 a parody of the Joe Cocker arrangement of the Lennon–McCartney song With a Little Help from My Friends
  • Ronnie Hilton recorded a version entitled "Elland Road Baht' at" as a tribute song for Leeds United AFC in 1964.

Other:

  • The Yorkshire Regiment - 4th Battalion's Quick March
  • The tune is often played by train drivers on their two-tone horns

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