She had gold and she had grace
Hide woman hide
But she’s never learnt a lady’s place
She wont lay down her pride
She wouldn’t bear a child to him
Hide woman hide
For stretching of her lily-white skin
She wont lay down her pride
She could never hold her tongue
Hide woman hide
But scolded him like he was young
She wont lay down her pride
He has gone to the far far field
Hide woman hide
And with his knife made his old mare yield
‘That’ll lay down her pride’
He’s taken off his old mares 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 mares skin’
‘That’ll lay down your pride’
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
‘Lie there, lie there ‘til you’re reformed
Hide woman hide
You should’ve been beaten the day you were born
That’d lay down your pride’
No breath lay in the salted hide
No beating heart was left inside
But as he left his wife 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 stronger still
Hide woman hide
Inside the hide there grew a will
You won’t lay down my pride
And with every new heart beat thud
Hide woman hide
Grew rosy flesh and ruby blood
You won’t lay down my pride
His heart jumped as he heard a sound
Hide woman hide
Hooves were thundering on the ground
You won’t lay down my pride
Golden hair and full of grace
Hide woman hide
Horses hide, a woman’s face
She said ‘I wont lay down my pride
‘I served a master all my life
Hide woman hide
Now you’ve beaten 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
Enough for me enough for me
Hide woman hide
To live at Large with Liberty’
I won’t lay down my pride.
