හැරී බෙලාෆොන්ටේ Island in the Sun චිත්රපටිය සඳහා එනමින් ම ගැයූ ගීය අනුකරණය කර මෙම ගීය නිර්මානය කර ඇත. එනමුදු Island in the Sun ගීය ද, 1956 දී හැරී බෙලාෆොන්ටේ විසින් නිකුත් කළ Calypso ඇල්බමයට ඔහු ගැයූ "Jamaica Farewell" ගීයේ තනුවට අනුව නිර්මානය වූවකි. (නවසිය තිස් ගණන් වල සිට මේ ගීයේ අඩංගු නාද මාලා බොහෝ කැරිබියන් කැලිප්සෝ ගීත වල දැකිය හැක. කැලිප්සෝ ගී ආර උපන්නේ ට්රිනිඩෑඩ් දූපත් වලිනි. ජැමෙයිකානු ජන ගී අතරෙහි එම නාද මාලා වඩාත් නිධන් ගත විය.)
හැරී බෙලාෆොන්ටේ ගැයූ Jamaican Farewellගීය Down the way where the nights are gay And the sun shines daily on the mountain top I took a trip on a sailing ship And when I reached Jamaica I made a stop But I'm sad to say I'm on my way Won't be back for many a day My heart is down, my head is turning around I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town Down the market you can hear Ladies cry out while on their heads they bear 'Akey' rice, salt fish are nice And the rum is fine any time of year But I'm sad to say I'm on my way Won't be back for many a day My heart is down, my head is turning around I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town Sounds of laughter everywhere And the dancing girls sway to and fro I must declare my heart is there Though I've been from Maine to Mexico But I'm sad to say I'm on my way Won't be back for many a day My heart is down, my head is turning around I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town Down the way where the nights are gay And the sun shines daily on the mountain top I took a trip on a sailing ship And when I reached Jamaica I made a stop But I'm sad to say I'm on my way Won't be back for many a day My heart is down, my head is turning around I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town Sad to say I'm on my way Won't be back for many a day My heart is down, my head is turning around I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town Artist: Harry Belafonte Lyricist: Lord Irving Burgess
Harry Belafonte "Jamaica Farewell" on The Ed Sullivan Show