Delilah’s a Gee-whizz

THE furore surrounding Welsh Rugby banning the team’s anthem Delilah, supposedly because it endorses violence against women, reminds me of meeting the writer of the lyrics, Barry Mason. I asked him ‘why, why why’ it was such a hit.

He told me, tone deaf as I am, to sing the chorus, ‘My, my, my Delilah’, then said even my terrible performance was proof of the secret to its lasting success. It’s set in the key of G, so anyone can sing it.