Bye, bye, byeeeee Delilah? 🏴
Choirs performing at international rugby matches like the upcomingThe song, which lyricises a jilted, jealous man stabbing his ex-lover to death, is often belted out enthusiastically by Welsh rugby union fans, and has become a sort of patriotic anthem for when the side play international fixtures on home turf.’ 1968 hit was branded inappropriate by the Welsh Rugby Union in 2015, when the body pulled it from half-time playlists, but now it has been removed from the official choir’s song list too.
The song, written by Barry Mason and performed by Sir Tom, sees him sing about a woman called Delilah, and asks ‘why, why, why’ she ‘deceived me’. The Welsh singing legend has previously defended the lyrics, insisting it’s not meant to be taken ‘literally’.‘It makes me very proud to be Welsh. I think if they’re looking into the lyric about a man killing a woman, it’s not a political statement. It’s just something that happens in life [and] he just loses it.
‘I wasn’t thinking that I was the man that was killing the girl when I was singing the song, I was acting out the part and that’s what the song is.
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