A Trail Treaded Lightly- a Tribute

He sang of the wreck of 1975 Memorializing sailors who didn't survive Honouring heroes in the story he tells Visiting the cathedral still ringing its bells 29 chimes every year for their souls The Mariners church where the solemn bell tolls He sang of their courage in mountainous waves Those left behind in legacy a tragedy paves He hailed from Orillia when just a small town Take care and step lightly in peace at sundown He told us what a tale his thoughts could tell With words that live on we remember them well Born in November not far from the great lakes That hosted the gales in the highest of stakes So sing to the sailors whose spirits still stay And await a lost crew to finally make Whitefish Bay Sing to the ones you never let be forgotten The ones lost at sea to a storm they were caught in Sing to the heroes who are waiting for you Captain and shipmates of immortalized crew Perhaps it was destined that you be their herald To never let the world forget the Edmund Fitzgerald This year if you listen to the mariners chimes It's rings not 29, but 30 unearthly times The Mariners Church in Detroit rings its bells for each of the 29 lost sailors in the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. On May 2nd 2023, the day after Gordon Lightfoot passed away, the Bells rang 30 times. I thought that was a wonderful tribute. (Apologies if I got any information wrong)