It Ain't Necessarily So (Porgy and Bess - G. Gershwin)
Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (1907 – 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader. He was strongly associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City where he was a regular performer. Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular African American big bands from the start of the 1930s through the late 1940s.
«Порги и Бесс» ― опера Джорджа Гершвина в четырех актах и девяти картинах. Впервые поставленная в 1935 году, опера на первых порах пользовалась сдержанным успехом, но с 1950-х годов начала завоёвывать широкую известность в США, а затем и во всём мире. «Порги и Бесс» ― одна из вершин творчества композитора. Музыкальный материал, выбранный Гершвином для создания оперы, разнообразен и основан на джазовых и блюзовых мотивах, негритянском фольклоре, импровизации. В либретто использована имитация «неправильного» народного произношения.
It ain't necessarily so It ain't necessarily so De things dat yo' liable 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 lived in de whale For 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 'til ole Pharaoh'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 villain But 'taint necessarily so
To get into Hebben don' snap for a sebben Live clean, don' have no fault Oh I takes de 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, ain't nessa Ain't nessa, ain't nessa It ain't necessarily so