It Aint Necessarily So lyrics

IT AIN`T NECESSARILY SO

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.

Oh, Jonah, he lived in de whale, oh, Jonah, he ived 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 Ole Pharoah`s daughter
she fished him, she says, from that stream.

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.
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 nessa, ain`t nessa, ain`t nessa, ain`t nessa,
ain`t necessarily so.

- Ira Gershwin
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