It Ain't Necessarily So
George and Ira Gershwin (1935), Porgy and Bess
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'l David was small, but oh my! Li'l David was small, but oh my!
He fought big Goliath who lay down and dieth! Li'l David was small,
but oh my!
Wa-doo (wa-doo) Zim bam boddleoo (zim bam boddleoo)
Hoodle ah da wa da, (hoodle ah da wa da)
Scatty wah (scatty wah), yeah!
Oh Johna, he lives in de whale, Oh Johna, he lives in de whale,
For he made his home in dat fish's abdomen, oh, Johna he lived in de whale.
Moses was found in a stream, Li'l Moses was found in a stream.
He floated on water 'til ole Pharaoh's daughter was fished him, she says
from dat stream.
Chorus
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.
Bridge:
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 salt.
Methus'lah lived nine hundred years, Methus'lah lived nine hundred years,
But who calls dat livin' when no gal 'll give in to no man what's nine hundred
years?
I'm preaching' dis sermon to show,
It ain't nessa, ain't nessa, ain't nessa, ain't nessa,
Ain't neccesarily so!