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Good evening, Rusty!
I am sorry I wasn't around to answer your question.......I am only just back home!
It has been the most beautiful afternoon, so our walk became somewhat extended.....
Yes, "baht 'at" means "without hat"!
I have found you the entire lyrics of "On Ilkley Moor Baht'at" and an approximate translation from Google

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?!

There are various versions of the song on YouTube if you want to explore......
I wasn't overly impressed by the accents though in some cases.
It is best said /sung in "broad" Yorkshire.
You will have seen some beautiful scenery whilst watching the racing!
I hope your weather is as good as ours......it is looking good for the Bank Holiday weekend.

Good evening, Elle!
What a gruesome song!
I don't think I'd like to hear it sung!
I'll leave it for the ducks.
I'll stick with "Jambalaya" and "Goodnight Irene", I think.
More my cup of tea!
I watched the women's race, then switched over to watch the Giro.
Yorkshire is very bonnie!
I loved all the scenery and the enthusiastic crowds lining the route.
Proper cycling!
My weather is fine here, but it is cooler than it has been.
Not sure what the weekend holds.

Hi, Rusty!
Yes, I suppose it is rather a 'gruesome' song!
But it is one of the songs we would sing when sitting around a camp-fire, on the beach, say, when youth -hostelling........
I don't think we worried about the words.......we just belted it out!
Those were the days.....
I have just been watching "Eggheads".
There was a question about Laura Muir.
The challenger had to guess at the answer - obviously not an Athletics fan!

Hello, Elle!
Youth hostelling brings back happy memories!
Are there still youth hostels, I wonder?
Laura is in the middle of her final exams.
Hope they are going well for her!
I hope we get a nice weekend.
Forecast is reasonable, anyway!

Good morning, Rusty!
A glorious day here!
The temperature was already 15C when we went out for our walk. at 8 o'clock.
It promises to be 20C later on.
Yes, there are still youth hostels !
I doubt we would recognise them as such, though!
I believe they are vastly changed.
Family rooms are available, and individual smaller rooms for sharing , as well as the 'dormitories'.
Remember the old days of peeling potatoes and washing up ?
I am told there is a cafe nowadays.
A quiet day lies ahead of us...gardening and suchlike.
How about you?

Good morning, Elle!
It is turning into a fine day here, too.
I remember as a teenage cyclist arriving at Ullapool hostel with my pals.
We were starving and skint.
No money for food.
So we asked the lads on the fishing boats on Loch Broom if they could spare us a fish or two.
We lived on mackerel for three days! Happy days!
I was out earlier but am home for the day!
I have the Tour de Yorkshire to watch and the Giro.
Also the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and the Kentucky Derby is on tonight.
And I am going to try and find a "live stream" of the annual shareholders meeting of Berkshire Hathaway to see what Warren Buffett has to say.
Warren is another of my heroes!

Hi, Rusty!
It sounds though you and your friends had great fun in your 'youth'!
I like mackerel.
When I was attending a Haematology Symposium in Aberdeen - and staying in University Halls of Residence - we went fishing in the sea one evening.
We took the fish back to the Halls to be cooked for us!
You are fortunate in having two types of racing ....cycling and horses - to watch today.
Mind you...it is the first of the Diamond League events tomorrow......at Doha, in Qatar.
But BBC2 is only providing an hour's viewing !
I am halfway through the 15 x 15 crossword ....as is usual on a Saturday, I am finding it quite reasonable.
Have you done your puzzle yet?

Hello, Elle!
My happiest days were on the bike with my clubmates!
Yes, I have finished my puzzle.
It's a good one!
12a, 17a,19a, 4d and 23d, are all new words to me.
But I got there!

Hello again, Elle!
The answer to 7d puzzled me as I could not see a connection with Turkey.
Then I looked up Chambers and it became clear!
Something else I did not know!

Hi, Rusty!
Now...I was puzzled by your reference to 7d........so looked it up in Chambers!
I did not know that terminology either......but I'd quite happily put in "Norfolk" as there is a black turkey called the Norfolk turkey!
I have done all bar two clues......these have flummoxed me!
18d: Good hearing goes after Beethoven's fourth opus - or fifth? (3,4)
T?P?E?R
23d: Just over half of white wine in French dish (5)
E?U?E
I have done all the others - and have parsed them all too!
I liked today's puzzle.
I had a nice sense of satisfaction afterwards!
Very hot here now.....