It Ain't Necessarily So

It ain't necessarily so

It ain't necessarily so

The t'ings dat yo' li'ble

To read in de Bible

It ain't necessarily so.Li'l David was small, but oh my!

Li'l David was small, but oh my!

He fought big Goliath

Who lay down an' dieth!

Li'l David was small, but oh my!Wadoo, zim bam boddle-oo

Hoodle ah da wa da

Scatty wah!

Oh yeah!Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale

Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale

Fo' he made his home in

Dat fish's abdomen

Oh Jonah, he lived in de whaleLi'l Moses was found in a stream

Li'l Moses was found in a stream

He floated on water

Till Ol' Pharaoh's daughter

She fished him, she said, from dat streamWadoo...

Well, it ain't necessarily so

Well, it ain't necessarily so

Dey tells all you chillun

De debble's a villun,

But it ain't necessarily so!To get into Hebben

Don' snap for a sebben!

Live clean! Don' have no fault!

Oh, I takes dat gospel

Whenever it's pos'ble

But wid a grain of saltMethus'lah lived nine hundred years

Methus'lah lived nine hundred years

But who calls dat livin'

When no gal will give in

To no man what's nine hundred years?I'm preachin' dis sermon to show

It ain't nece-ain't nece

Ain't nece-ain't nece

Ain't necessarily...so!

Songwriters

GERSHWIN, IRA / HEYWARD, DU BOSE / HEYWARD, DOROTHY / GERSHWIN, GEORGEPublished by

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