Fifth track on Abigail tells the story of what happened to the Count and his wife: on 7 July 1777, the Count had discovered his wife had been unfaithful to him, and was pregnant with an illegitimate child. Enraged, he threw the Countess down the stairs, breaking her neck and causing the child to be...
[Acoustic Guitar Intro]
[Verse 1]
Count de LaFey uncovered his cheating wife
9 months of loving and sharing
Oh it was a bastard child
How could he have been so blind?!
"No bastard baby
Will inherit what's mine"
Another one of her affairs
Had left him in despair
[Chorus]
So he pushed her down the stairs, to die
"No" she cried
In 1777
On the 7th Day of July
[Verse 2]
The Countess broke her neck
And the embryo came out dead
Then he burned his beloved wife
And the embryo he gave a name
"Abigail, you must rest in shame"
Rest in shame
[Solo]
[Verse 3]
Obsessed
With a strange idea
He wanted to mummify
The girl for the future to find
And he did
[Solo]
[Chorus]
So he pushed her down the stairs, to die
"No" she cried
In 1777
On the 7th Day of July
The 7th Day Of July 1777 was written by Andy LaRocque & King Diamond.
The 7th Day Of July 1777 was produced by King Diamond.
King Diamond released The 7th Day Of July 1777 on Wed Oct 21 1987.