This song has many embedded metaphors which relates to the hardships that King Carolous the III experienced when he bet his entire Spanish kingdom on these Pieces of Eight coins he had minted to flood the Spanish territories we now call the United States. His ship was either pirated or was lost to storms at sea and because of this tragic event the King was forced to sell the territories tot he French who later flipped the property to the United States and the rest is history. When the King bet everything the country had on a place that wasn't his own. He lost his sense of freedom and was trapped inside his kingdom, with guilt and embarrassment. Check out the coin online 1783 8 Reales Coin. All these coins were found as shipwreck coins and wre legal tender in American territories until 1857 as a dollar. Google that.
This song has many embedded metaphors which relates to the hardships that King Carolous the III experienced when he bet his entire Spanish kingdom on these Pieces of Eight coins he had minted to flood the Spanish territories we now call the United States. His ship was either pirated or was lost to storms at sea and because of this tragic event the King was forced to sell the territories tot he French who later flipped the property to the United States and the rest is history. When the King bet everything the country had on a place that wasn't his own. He lost his sense of freedom and was trapped inside his kingdom, with guilt and embarrassment. Check out the coin online 1783 8 Reales Coin. All these coins were found as shipwreck coins and wre legal tender in American territories until 1857 as a dollar. Google that.
Jack Trout Historian /Coin Expert