I've heard the song done many different ways, and I have to credit you guys with having a bit more insight into it than I do, but I'd also have to say that I believe them all to be true to a certain extent. I have always viewed "Raglan Road" as being bittersweet, full of longing and yearning, but with a dark twist. Ive always viewd it as somewhat of a Pygmalian (sp?) story, where the poet falls madly in love (or lust) with an uneducated type, tries to create her persona, and fails.

It is important to understand a song, in part, to sing it, but it's what you believe about the song that makes it yours.