Lady Marmalade Lyrics - Labelle

Lady Marmalade Lyrics by Labelle

Lady Marmalade is a song by American girl group Labelle, written about a prostitute from New Orleans, Louisiana. The song’s inspiration was from Bob Crewe’s observations of New Orleans. It was originally recorded by the group Eleventh Hour for their greatest hits album. LaBelle’s producer Allen Toussaint decided to record the song for Labelle’s album Nightbirds.

Twenty-seven years later in 2001, Christina Aguilera, Mya, Pink and Lil Kim covered the song for the movie Moulin Rouge which topped the Billboard Hot 100.

Lady Marmalade Lyrics In English

[Intro]

Hey sister, go sister

Soul sister, go sister

Hey sister, go sister

Soul sister, go sister

[Verse 1]

He met Marmalade down in old New Orleans

Strutting her stuff on the street

She said, "Hello, hey Joe

You wanna give it a go?" hmm hmm

[Chorus]

Gitchi gitchi ya ya da da

Gitchi gitchi ya ya here

Mocha chocolata, ya ya

Creole Lady Marmalade

[Post-Chorus]

Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?

Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?

[Verse 2]

He stayed in her boudoir (Hey sister, go sister)

While she freshened up (Soul sister, go sister)

That boy drank all that magnolia wine

(Hey sister, go sister, soul sister, go sister)

On her black satin sheets

Where he started to freak

[Chorus]

Gitchi gitchi ya ya da da

Gitchi gitchi ya ya here

Mocha chocolata, ya ya

Creole Lady Marmalade

[Post-Chorus]

Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?

Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Verse 3]

Hey, hey, hey

Touching her skin, feeling silky smooth (Ah!)

Color of cafe au lait

Made the savage beast inside

Roar until it cried

"More, more, more!"

Now he's at home doing nine to five

Living his grey flannel life

But when he turns off to sleep

Old memories creep

More, more, more!

[Chorus]

Gitchi gitchi ya ya da da da

Gitchi gitchi ya ya here

Mocha chocolata, ya ya

Creole Lady Marmalade

[Post-Chorus]

Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?

Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?

Voulez-vous couchez avec moi ce soir?

Creole Lady Marmalade

Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?

Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?

Voulez-vous couchez 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]

Gitchi gitchi ya ya da da

Gitchi gitchi ya ya here

Mocha chocolata, ya ya

Gitchi gitchi ya ya here (Ya ya ya ya)

Gitchi gitchi ya ya here