Function at the Junction

(Fredrick Long/Edward Holland, Jr.)

I'm getting ready for the function at the junction
And baby, 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"
Come one, come all, we gonna have a ball
Down at the function at the junction
And baby you'd better come on right now
We serving egg foo yung and barbecue
Chicken & dumplings, hey, we got some 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 a rooster, and dare him to crow
Tell anybody sleepin' say get out on the floor
Tell him, tell them, tell one and tell 'em all
Tell 'em 'bout the function at the junction
Tell 'em that they'd better come on right now
Tell 'em 'bout the function at the junction
Tell 'em that they'd better come on right now
Oh, the soul brothers, Jitterbugs
Hip cats and fancy hats
And pretty girls with pretty smiles
All decked out in the latest styles
Farmer Jim and Guitar Slim
Betty Boop and ooo-boop-de-doop
Mohair Sam from Alabam
Minnesota Fats from Hobo Flats
Gravitatin', hip-shakin' cuties now
Talkin' 'bout fascinatin', demostratin' beauties now
They all gathering here, from far and near
For the function at the junction
Brother, you'd better come on right now
Tell 'em 'bout the function at the junction
Sister, you'd better come on right now
Talkin' 'bout the function at the junction
Everybody, you'd better come on right now