There remains a lot of mystery in this song from Van's 1997 album, The Healing Game. He sang it recently at the Cyprus Avenue gigs when he made reference to his "daddy" taking him to this place. It may refer to the old Belfast Rope Works off the Albertbridge Road in east Belfast so he may have got his inspiration from a common scene from his childhood when jute was shipped to Belfast from India in the 1950s. The original is sung at a fast pace but at concerts now he tends to weave seamlessly into Burning Ground from another song and he becomes slightly animated with various actions but the enigma maintains the mystery of what actually the song is about. I'm sure there are other connections I know nothing about.
There remains a lot of mystery in this song from Van's 1997 album, The Healing Game. He sang it recently at the Cyprus Avenue gigs when he made reference to his "daddy" taking him to this place. It may refer to the old Belfast Rope Works off the Albertbridge Road in east Belfast so he may have got his inspiration from a common scene from his childhood when jute was shipped to Belfast from India in the 1950s. The original is sung at a fast pace but at concerts now he tends to weave seamlessly into Burning Ground from another song and he becomes slightly animated with various actions but the enigma maintains the mystery of what actually the song is about. I'm sure there are other connections I know nothing about.