yma sumac - xtabay

[Pactli360]

Someone have the lyrics of this song? Because there is a mayan legend with the same name, a mayan woman, very popular in Mexico.

[Pactli360]

¿Alguien tiene la letra de esta canción? Me gustaría saber qué dice, porque "Xtabay" es el nombre de una mujer maya, hay una leyenda sobre ella en el sureste mexicano, así sería bueno saber si la canción versa sobre dicha leyenda.

[rockybrazil1]

A beautiful strange woman with a marvelous voice! More than a princess, she was a godess.

[mendiro1]

Lure of the Unknown Love

[pricancouchpotato]

I had this mp3 before youtube in 2002 I love it I can picture this song in a old black and white movie in the jungle in the 1930's or 40's

[paolettopaoletto1]

Has anyone the lyrics to this song?

Thank you

[listen2tool86]

Brought a tear to my eye.. wow.

[kr8dle]

This is Epic! I love it better than the puff daddy version

[MrPinoydude]

thank you for sharing the music of Yma...she's such a great talent...the original "Singing Bird."

[pucklelutinable]

Yma is the queen of singers

[manuelvaldiviam]

Ima lo maximo

[seekingnewhorizons]

What a set of lungs and what a voice...Yma Sumac was the greatest ..Noone could find such register in a voice! She was like an unique diamond.a true jewel that possibly could never find again...

[listen2tool86]

My boyfriend was given some 78's and on the sleeve it ask to hear these albums! and said this so i looked it up. lol

[violetmoonnl]

I still have this album, sadly with modern technology, I don't have a record player.

I always admired her voice.

My father had the album when I was little and this song I loved the most.

Now after years I'm so happy I found this great music back on you tube!!!

[sbergman27]

For me, this was the defining rendition of her defining song. This *is* the essence of Yma.

[vinylophage]

I have this title  in a dark-red shellac 78rpm record. The other side is "Virgin of the sun God" -- Great Singer. One of my favourites...

[zyx645]

so very beautiful*

[fivemoggies]

Our vinyl copy of this was heat-damaged in a move :( Thanks for posting this, it will inspire me to try to find another vinyl recording... cds do lose some of the nuances, I noticed, or maybe it's just the pressing of the particular cds we have.

[PanteraRosa91]

just one word: AWESOME (L)

[reefprayer]

OMG! - I've just discovered this on YouTube! - I haven't heard this since the late 60's!!!! She's AWESOME!!! - My father had her 'Xtabay' and 'Virgin of the Sun God' records. She sang in a double voice (I kid you not!) on one of them!

[Buzda]

Puff Daddy jacked this for "I Love You Baby".

[linkthechain]

amazing

[wmbrown6]

This was from her first Capitol album, "Voice of the Xtabay," released in 1950.

[zulutron]

thx for the info! i have added it to the infobox.