Lady Marmalade

2 Contributors Lady Marmalade (Live) Lyrics [Intro: Patti LaBelle] Woah, really? Sarah Dash, Nona Hendryx, ah Produced by Allen Toussaint Hey, yeah, hey Hey sister, go sister Soul sister, go sister Hey sister, go sister Soul sister, go sister [Verse 1: Patti LaBelle] He met Marmalade down in Old New Orleans Strutting her stuff on the street She said, "Hello, hey, Joe" (Come on) "You wanna give it a go?" (I don't know) [Chorus: Patti LaBelle] Gitchi-gitchi, ya-ya, da-da (Da-da-da-da-da) Gitchi-gitchi, ya-ya, here (Mocha chocalata, ya-ya) Mocha chocolata, ya-ya Creole Lady Marmalade (Come on) [Post-Chorus: Patti LaBelle] Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir? Voulez-vous coucher avеc moi? Voulez-vous coucher avec moi cе soir? Creole Lady Marmalade Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir? Voulez-vous coucher avec moi? Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir? Voulez-vous coucher avec moi? Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir? Voulez-vous coucher avec moi? Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir? Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?[Outro: Patti LaBelle & Gladys Knight ] What? Yeah We did that one with Allen Toussaint in New Orleans ( Yeah ) Yeah, girl, you remember him, what a wonderful man ( Yeah ) Yes, and, um, when we did this song, we didn't know what it meant ( Yeah ) It meant, "Will you sleep with me tonight?" ( Yeah ) So, we didn't know what it meant We just knew that, "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?" sounded like a hit So we sang it, and it was that And then the nuns called on us and said, "Why are these ladies singing about hookers?" ( Yeah ) Well, we didn't really know ( Yeah ) It just sounded good ( Yeah, I know ) Okay, one of those things ( Well, I took a little bit of French so I kind of ) Right, just a little bit, I know you ( Just a little bit, so ), right? Well, I was a young girl, I had no clue ( I know ), but we found out We were just singing, when we— Just singing, a lot of times, we were just singing because it felt so good ( It felt good ) Yeah ( Yeah ), and that at the time felt really good That, "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?" part ( Yeah ) Yes, darling, one of those things ( Really good )