[Chorus 1] I'm getting ready for the function at the junction Baby, you'd better come on right now [Verse 1] Because everybody's going to be there We got people coming from everywhere We got Ling Ting Tong from China Long Tall Sally from Carolina We got 007, the private eye And he's bringing all the guys from "I Spy" [Pre-Chorus] Come on, work, come on, we going to have a ball [Chorus 1] [Verse 2] We serving egg foo yung and barbecue We got chicken dumplings and kidney stew We're going to make big fun till the break of dawn Shake a tailfeather shoot, it's going to be run Hold a shotgun on the rooster, and dare him to crow Tell anybody sleepin say, get out on that floor [Pre-Chorus] [Chorus 2] [x2] Tell 'em about the the function at the junction Tell 'em that you'd better come on right now [Verse 3] We got soul brothers, Jitterbugs Hip cats and 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 Alabama Minnesota Fats from Hobo Flats Gravitatin' Hip-shakin' cuties now Talking about some fascinating devastating beauties now They all be gathering here, from far and near [Outro] For the Function at the Junction Tell 'em bout the the function at the junction Brother, you'd better come on right now Tell 'em 'bout that function at the junction Sister, you'd better come on right now