It’s the enduring terrace anthem beloved by legions of Welsh rugby supporters.
But now followers are crying “Bye bye bye, Delilah!” after rugby bosses banned choirs from belting out the Tom Jones hit earlier than video games.
Sir Tom has stated the 1968 track – a couple of lover stabbing his untrue companion – shouldn’t be taken actually and its reputation makes him “proud to be Welsh”.
But the Welsh Rugby Union – at present within the midst of a disaster resulting from claims of a “toxic” tradition of sexist, racist and homophobic bullying – has introduced Delilah will no longer be performed by bands at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, nor sung by choirs throughout the upcoming Six Nations.
The track consists of the lyric: “She stood there laughing. I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more”.
Bosses are stated to have been spooked by a video this week of the Guernsey Welsh male-voice choir rehearsing it forward of the conflict with England on February 25.
The marketing campaign to ban the track has been led by Rhondda’s Labour MP Sir Chris Bryant, who stated: “When there are big international rugby matches on, and sometimes football matches as well, the number of domestic violence incidents rises dramatically.
“I know that some people will say, ‘Oh, here we go, he’s a terrible spoilsport’, but the truth is that that song is about the murder of a prostitute.”
But the ban was ridiculed on-line. And Sylvan Whittingham, who co-wrote the lyrics, stated: “The reason there is more domestic violence after rugby matches is because men have been drinking, wives complain about it, and then they get bashed.
“Don’t blame Delilah for all this – blame beer. There is no evidence anywhere that she (Delilah) is a prostitute.”
Sir Tom didn’t reply to requests for remark final night time.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
