32 Down on the Robert Mackenzie Lyrics

Lyric discussion by thecrossbone 

Cover art for 32 Down on the Robert Mackenzie lyrics by Paul Gross

This was written by Paul Gross for the TV show "Due South". They had originally wanted to use Gordon Lighfoot's classic "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald". Lightfoot agreed on the condition that the families of the men lost agreed as well. Paul Gross decided against it "bothering" the families for the sake of a television show and this song was written.