It ain't necessarily so

It ain't necessarily so

The things that yo' liable to read in the Bible

It ain't necessarily so



Little David was small, but, oh my

Little David was small, but, oh my

He fought big Goliath who lay down and dieth

Little David was small, but, oh my



Oh, Jonah he lived in the whale

Oh, Jonah he lived in the whale

For he made his home in that fish's abdomen

Oh, Jonah he lived in the whale



Little Moses was found in a stream

Little Moses was found in a stream

He floated on water till old Pharaoh's daughter

She fished him she says from that stream



It ain't necessarily so

It ain't necessarily so

They tell all you children the devil's a villain

But 'taint necessarily so



To get into Heaven don't snap for a seven

Live clean, don't have no fault

Oh, I takes that Gospel whenever it's possible

But with a grain of salt



Methuselah lived nine hundred years

Methuselah lived nine hundred years

But who calls that livin' when no gal'll give in

To no man that's nine hundred years



I'm preachin' this sermon to show

It ain't nessa, ain't nessa

Ain't nessa, ain't nessa

It ain't necessarily so

Writer : GERSHWIN, GEORGE / GERSHWIN, IRA / HEYWARD, DU BOSE / HEYWARD, DOROTHY
Copyright : Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.