I'm getting ready for the function at the junction

And baby you better come on, now now

Because everybody's gonna be there

We've got people comin' from everywhere

We've got Ling Ting Tong from China

Long Tall Sally from Carolina

We've got 007, the private eye

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

Come one, come all, we're gonna have a ball

Down at the function at the junction

And baby you better come on, now now

We're serving egg foo young and barbecue

Having chicken dumplings and kidney stew

Having heap big fun 'til the break of dawn

Gonna shake a tail feather, shoot him 'fore he run

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

Hotfoot anybody sleepin', make 'em get out on the floor

Tell him to tell them, to tell Paul to tell them all

Tell 'em 'bout the function at the junction

And tell 'em that they'd better come on, now now

Tell 'em 'bout the function at the junction, baby

Tell 'em that they'd better come on, now now

All the soul brothers, jitterbuggers

Hip cats and fancy hats

And pretty girls with pretty smiles

All decked out in the latest styles

And Farmer Jim and Guitar Slim

And Betty Boop and "Oop-boop-be-doop"

Mohair Sam from Alabam'

And Minnesota Fats from Hobo Flats

Breath-takin', hip-shakin' cuties, now

Talkin' 'bout some fascinatin', devastatin' beauties, now

They'll all be gathering here, from far and near

For the function at the junction

And brother, you better come on, now now

Tell 'em 'bout the function at the junction

Sister, you better come on, now now

Talkin' 'bout a function at the junction

Everybody, you better come on, now

You ain't never seen the function at the junction

You ain't never...