Translate the lyrics from Labelle's "Lady Marmalade": “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?”
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Patti LaBelle and the rest of Labelle spent months in 1974 seducing audiences across America with "Lady Marmalade" night after night. To the Godmother of Soul, "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?" sounded mysterious and sexy, but she had no idea what she was saying in French. What does "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?" actually mean in English?
