It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so
The things that yo' li'ble
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so

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

You ever heard about Jonah? He lived in a whale
You ever heard about Jonah? He lived, lived in de whale
And he laid his home
In that fish's abdomen
Yes Jonah, he lived in a whale

To get into heaven
Don't snap for a seven
Live clean
And don't have no fault

Now take me
Yeah, I take that gospel
Whenever it's possible
But with a little grain of salt

Methus'lah lived nine hundred years
Methus'lah lived nine hundred years
But tell me who, who calls that livin'
When no gal is given
To no man what's nine hundred years?

That's why I say that it ain't
It ain't necessarily
It ain't, no, necessarily
It ain't, it ain't necessarily so
Ain't necessarily so
Ain't ain't necessarily so
Ain't necessarily
Ain't necessarily
Ain't necessarily
Ain't necessarily
Ain't necessarily so

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Writer(s): Dorothy Heyward, Dubose Edwin Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin