Burning Ground

"Burning Ground" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and included on his 1997 album, The Healing Game. For this song, Morrison got his inspiration from a common scene from his childhood when jute was shipped to Belfast from India in the 1950s.

Clinton Heylin calls the song "a potentially important song about a man still caught half-way between heaven and hell."

Personnel on original release

 * Van Morrison – vocals, harmonica
 * Ronnie Johnson – electric guitar
 * Alec Dankworth – double bass
 * Leo Green – tenor saxophone
 * Geoff Dunn – drums
 * Pee Wee Ellis – baritone saxophone, backing vocals
 * Robin Aspland – piano
 * Brian Kennedy – backing vocals
 * Katie Kissoon – backing vocals
 * Horns arranged by – Pee Wee Ellis and Leo Green