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Walpurgis is the original version of "War Pigs". It's legally available on Ozzy Osbourne's The Ozzman Cometh, but otherwise it's a rare release.
The track is only available on vinyl format as a bootleg entitled "Walpurgis - The Peel Sessions 1970".
About[]
The song's lyrics were written by Geezer based on the Dennis Wheatley book "The Devil Rides Out", the subject matter is about Walpurgis Night and sinners (or Satanists) are unleashing Satan onto the world, only to get scared and running to a priest, only for him to get casted into Hell.
Due to the nature of the song, the band and record company had to change it to what would become "War Pigs".
Live[]
"Walpurgis" would be played live throughout the majority of concerts in 1970 until the Fall of that year, when the lyrics were rewritten, and the song became "War Pigs", which would remain a permanent fixture on the band's setlists throughout their entire career.
Trivia[]
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Lyrics[]
Witches gather at black masses Bodies burning in red ashes On the hill the church in ruin Is the scene of evil doings It's a place for all bad sinners Watch them eating dead rats' innards I guess it's the same wherever you may go Oh, Lord, yeah Carry banners which denounce the Lord See me rocking in my grave See them anoint my head with dead rat's blood See them stick the stake through me, oh Don't hold me back 'cause I've just gotta go They've got a hold of my soul now Lords got my brain instinct with blood obscene Look in my eyes I'm there enough, yeah On the scene, a priest appears Sinners falling at his knees Satan sends out funeral pyre Casts the priest into the fire It's the place for all bad sinners Watch them eating dead rats' innards I guess it's the same wherever you may go Oh, Lord, yeah