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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 an' dieth,
Li'l David was small, but oh my!
Wadoo (Wadoo)
Zim bam boddle oo (Zim bam boddle oo)
Hoodle ah da wa da (Hoodle ah da wa da)
Scatty wah (Scatty wah)
Yeah! Yeah! 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 ole Pharaoh's daughter
she fished him, she says, from dat stream.
Wadoo (Wadoo)
Zim bam boddle oo (Zim bam boddle oo)
Hoodle ah da wa da (Hoodle ah da wa da)
Scatty wah (Scatty wah)
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
It ain’t necessarily so
(It ain’t necessarily so)
Dey tells all you chillun
de debble's a villun,
but 'tain't necessarily so
It ain’t necessarily so
(It ain’t necessarily so)
Dey tells all you chillun
de debble's a villun,
but 'tain't necessarily so
To get into Hebben
don' snap for a sebben!
Live clean! Don' have no fault. Look at me!
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 preachin' dis sermon to show
it ain't nessa
'tain't nessa
'tain't nessa
'tain't nessa
't ain't necessarily
so.