"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.[1]

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Clinton Heylin calls the song "a potentially important song about a man still caught half-way between heaven and hell."[2]

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

Notes

References

• Heylin, Clinton (2003). Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography, Chicago Review Press, ISBN 1-55652-542-7
• Hinton, Brian (1997). Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison, Sanctuary, ISBN 1-86074-169-X