Oh I do love this song! It brings back such memories. It was big in 1968 when I was traveling in Italy and there was a cover of it in Italian with a chorus that went,

"Mai, mai, mai ti lascio
"Mai, mai, mai da sola"

Which means "never never never will I leave you alone." It worked well with "My, my my, Delilah, Why Why Why Delilah" but the meaning was entirely different!

When I told my Italian friends that the English version was about infidelity, murder and punishment, and not a loving promise, they said, "Oh, that sounds like a much better song!" Always wondered about that....