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She had gold, she had grace Hide, woman, hide But she's never learnt a 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 For stretching of her lily-white skin She won't lay down her pride He is 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, till you're reformed." Hide, woman, hide "you should've 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 bones A beat it 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 Horse's 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."