Function at the Junction

I'm getting ready for the function at the junction

Brother, you'd better come on right now

Because everybody's gonna be there

We got people comin' from everywhere

We got Ling Ting Tong from China

Long Tall Sally from Carolina

We got 007, the private eye,

And he's bringin' all the guys from "I Spy"

Tell one, tell all, We gonna have a ball

Tell 'em bout the the function at the junction

Sister, you'd better come on right now

Talkin' 'bout that function at the junction

Brother, you'd better come on right now

We serving egg foo yung and barbecue

We got chicken dumplings and kidney stew

We gonna make big fun till the break of dawn

Gonna shake a tailfeather shoot, it's gonna be a run

Hold a shotgun on the rooster, and dare him to crow

Tell anybody sleepin say, get out on that floor

Tell one, tell all, We gonna have a ball!

Tell 'em bout the the function at the junction

Sister, you'd better come on right now

Tell 'em 'bout that function at the junction

Brother, you'd better come on right now

We got soul brothers, Jitterbugs

Hip cats with crazy hats

Pretty girls with pretty smiles

All decked out in the latest styles

Memphis Slim and Guitar Jim

Betty Boop and ooo-boop-e-doop

Mohair Sam from Alabam

Minnesota Fats from Hobo Flats

Gravitatin' Hip-shakin' cuties now

Talkin' bout some fascinatin' devastatin' beauties now

They all be gathering here, from far and near

For the Function at the Junction

Tell 'em bout the the function at the junction

Sister, you'd better come on right now

Tell 'em 'bout that function at the junction

Brother, you'd better come on right now

I'm getting' ready for the Function at the Junction

Sister, you'd better come on right now

Tell 'em 'bout that function at the junction

Brother, you'd better come on right now

For the function at the junction