It ain't necessarily so,

It ain't necessarily so,
De t'ings dat yo' li'ble
To read in de Bible,
It ain't necessarily so.

Li'I David was small, but oh my!
Li'I David was small but oh my!
He fought big Goliath
Who lay down an' dieth,
Li'I David was small, but oh my!

Wa-doo - Zim bam boodle-oo,
Hoodle ah da wa da - Scatty wah. Yeah!

Oh, Jonah, he lived in a whale,
Oh, Jonah, he lived in a whale,
Fo' he made his home in
Dat fish's abdomen.
Oh, Jonah, he lived in a whale.

Li'I Moses was found in a stream,
Li'I Moses was found in a stream,
He floated on water
Till ol' Pharaoh's daughter
Fished him, she said from dat stream.

Wa-doo - Zim bam boodle-oo,
Hoodle ah da wa sa - Scatty wah. Yeah!

It ain't necessarily so,
It ain't necessarily so,
Dey tell all you chillun
De debble's a villun
But'tain't necessarily so.

To get into Hebben,
Don't snap for a sebben!
Live clean, Don' have no fault.
(Look at me!)
I jus' takes dat gospel
Whenever it's pos'ble.
But wid a grain o' salt.

Methuselah lived nine hundred years,
Methuselah lived nine hundred years,
Say, but what's good o' livin'
When no gal'll give in
To no man what's nine hundred years?

I'm preachin' this sermon to show
It ain't nessa, 'tain't nessa,
'tain't nessa, 'tain't nessa,
'Tain't necessarily so.

 

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