There are certain songs, during your life, that especially touch you, and stay with you. Harry Belafonte's recording of "Jamaica Farewell," from his 1956 album Calypso, is for me one such song. I have listened to it since childhood, and have never tired of hearing it.
The song itself--lyrically, musically--is lovely. Mr. Belafonte's singing, on the recording--which includes his double-tracking, during the choruses--is exceedingly beautiful; it is crystalline, assured, wistful, intimate.
The song's spare instrumentation is marvelous--in particular, the guitar-playing heard at the opening and conclusion of the record, and in the song's interludes; it is skillful, and soothing.
Here is a YouTube link to the recording:
