Reelin’ In The Years 62: On Ilkla Moor Baht’at
Posted in 1960s, 1970s, BBC, Music, Reelin' In The Years at 12:00 on 28 December 2012
I first heard this parody on the radio. Along with my elder brother I used to listen regularly (every week without fail) to the comedy programme I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again (1964-1973) which along with Bill Oddie, the purveyor of this ditty, featured John Cleese, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Jo Kendall and David Hatch. I can still utter quotes from it even today. (Once heard, who could ever forget the strains of the Angus Prune Tune?)
Episodes from the series can be found on the BBC’s Radio 4 Extra pages. Relistening, it is now obvious from where I got my love of outrageous puns.
The track is a reimagining of a traditional Yorkshire song about the dangers of wandering on Ilkley Moor without a hat utilising the style Joe Cocker employed in With a Little Help From My Friends. It was eventually released as a single in 1970 but I’m sure must have been in a late 60s episode of the radio show. As I remember it the radio version carried more bite, though.
Bill Oddie:- On Ilkla Moor Baht’at
The B-side was another parody.
Bill Oddie:- Harry Krishna
Tags: BBC, Bill Oddie, David Hatch, Graeme Garden, Hare Krishna, Harry Krishna, Iâm Sorry Iâll Read That Again, Ilkley Moor, Jo Kendall, Joe Cocker, John Cleese, On Ilkla Moor Bahtâat, Radio 4 Extra, The Angus Prune Tune, Tim Brooke-Taylor, With a Little Help From My Friends
