I don't know whether the lyrics are based on a true story but it certainly does mirror a life of not one but two generations subject to apparent abuse. The song tells the story with intricate interwoven lyrics of an abusive husband whose youngest daughter, in an attempt to escape a horrendous home life, marries somewhat prematurely into a relationship where she too seems to have become trapped perhaps for different reasons.
I imagine there aren't many songs written about the small village and townland of Fivemiletown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is 16 miles east of Enniskillen and 26 miles west-south-west of Dungannon with a population in 2008 of 1,356. The song describes a false concept of marriage, physical abuse, idealism of relationships, risk and uncertainty in business and a trapped lifestyle. The song has a relaxed and appealing tune and brings the listener into difficult lives and fades out hauntingly to the sound of a passing car possibly on the road to Fivemiletown!
I don't know whether the lyrics are based on a true story but it certainly does mirror a life of not one but two generations subject to apparent abuse. The song tells the story with intricate interwoven lyrics of an abusive husband whose youngest daughter, in an attempt to escape a horrendous home life, marries somewhat prematurely into a relationship where she too seems to have become trapped perhaps for different reasons.
I imagine there aren't many songs written about the small village and townland of Fivemiletown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is 16 miles east of Enniskillen and 26 miles west-south-west of Dungannon with a population in 2008 of 1,356. The song describes a false concept of marriage, physical abuse, idealism of relationships, risk and uncertainty in business and a trapped lifestyle. The song has a relaxed and appealing tune and brings the listener into difficult lives and fades out hauntingly to the sound of a passing car possibly on the road to Fivemiletown!