She had gold, she had grace

Hide, woman, hide

But she's never learned her lady's place

She won't lay down her pride

She could never hold her tongue

Hide, woman, hide

But scolded him like he was young

She won't lay down her pride

And she wouldn't bear a child to him

Hide, woman, hide

The stretching of her lily-white skin

She won't lay down her pride

He has gone to the far, far field

Hide, woman, hide

And by his knife made his old mare yield

That'll lay down her pride

He's taken off his old mare's skin

Hide, woman, hide

To wrap his own proud lady in

That'll lay down her pride

He said "I can't thrash you for your proud kin

Hide, woman, hide

But I can thrash my old mare's skin

That'll lay down your pride"

And he put the salt hide on her back

Hide, woman, hide

He beat her blue, he beat her black

That'll lay down your pride

He beat the salted leather

Hide, woman, hide

But bruised and broke his lady's pride

He said "Lie there, lie there 'til you're reformed

Hide, woman, hide

You should have been beaten the day you were born

That'll lay down your pride"

No breath lay in the salted hide

No beating heart was left inside

But as he left the hide alone

Life stirred beneath the broken bone

A beat has sounded from within

Hide, woman, hide

New scarlet marrow stretched the skin

And as the beat grew steadier still

Hide, woman, hide

Inside the hide there grew a will

"I won't lay down my pride"

His heart jumped as he heard a sound

Hide, woman, hide

Hooves a-thundering on the ground

"I won't lay down my pride"

Golden hair, full of grace

Hide, woman, hide

Horses hide a lady's face

"I won't lay down my pride"

She said "I've served a master all of my life

Hide, woman, hide

But you have beat me like a wife

I won't lay down my pride"

Sticks and stones, sticks and stones

Hide, woman, hide

You'll not quiet these broken bones

"I won't lay down my pride"

It's enough for me, enough for me

Hide, woman, hide

To live at large with liberty

"I won't lay down my pride"

Enough for me, enough for me

Hide, woman, hide

To live at large with liberty

"I won't lay down my pride"