Conjunction Junction, what’s your function?
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses
Conjunction Junction, how’s that function?
I’ve got three favorite cars that get most of my job done
Conjunction Junction, what’s their function?
I got and, but and or:
They’ll get you pretty far.
And: that’s an additive, like this and that
But: that’s sort of the opposite, not this but that
and then there’s or: O-R, when you have a choice, like this or that
and, but, and or get you pretty far!
Conjunction Junction, what’s your function?
Hooking up two boxcars and making them run right
Milk & honey, bread & butter, peas & rice
Hey, that’s nice!
Dirty but happy
Digging and scratching,
Losing your shoe and a button or two
He’s poor but honest, sad but true
Boo hoo hoo hoo
Conjunction Junction, what’s your function?
Okay, now: 2 cars to one when you say something like this.
Choice: either now or later
Or no choice: neither now nor ever
Hey, that’s clever!
Eat this or that; grow thin or fat
(Never mind, I wouldn’t do that; I’m fat enough now!)
Conjunction Junction, what’s your function?
Hooking up phrases and clauses that balance,
Like “out of the frying pan and into the fire”
“He cut loose the sandbags, but the balloon wouldn’t go any higher.”
Let’s go up to the mountains or down to the sea
You should always say “thank you” or at least say “please.”
Conjunction Junction, what’s your function?
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses in complex sentences like
“In the mornings, when I am usually wide awake,
I love to take a walk through the gardens and down by the lake,
where I often see a duck and a drake,
and I wonder as I walk by just what they would say if they could speak
although I know that’s an absurd thought.”
Conjunction Junction, what’s your function?
Hooking up cars and making them function
Conjunction Junction, how’s that function?
Like tying up words and phrases and clauses
Conjunction Junction, watch that function!
I’m going get you there if you’re very careful
Conjunction Junction, what’s your function?
I’m going to get you there if you’re very careful.
Conjunction Junction, what’s your function?
I’m going to get you there if you’re very careful.
