By the time Fernando was written, and altered by Bjorn for greater dramatic impact, the American "western" had become so detached from factual history and sense, in the interest of story telling and greater emotion, that really it doesn\'t much matter what historical events the song refers to anymore than what historical truths might be involved in a TV western. \n\nIn short, both US TV Westerns and Fernando are just spinning a web of emotions without regard to history.
By the time Fernando was written, and altered by Bjorn for greater dramatic impact, the American "western" had become so detached from factual history and sense, in the interest of story telling and greater emotion, that really it doesn\'t much matter what historical events the song refers to anymore than what historical truths might be involved in a TV western. \n\nIn short, both US TV Westerns and Fernando are just spinning a web of emotions without regard to history.