Ira Gershwin - It Ain't Necessarily So lyrics

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 whale Li'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 stream Wadoo ... 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 salt Methus'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 !