It ain't ne-ces-sa-ri-ly so It ain't ne-ces-sa-ri-ly so The t'ings dat yo' li'-ble
To read in de Bi-ble, It ain't ne-ces-sa-ri-ly so.
Li'l Da-vid was small, but oh my ! Li'l Da-vid was small, but oh my ! He fought Big Go-li-ath Who lay down an' di-eth ! Li'l Da-vid was small, but oh my !
Wa-doo, Wa-doo, zim bam bod-dle-oo, Hood-le ah da wa da, Hood-le ah da wa da, Scat-ty wah ! Scat-ty wah ! Oh 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 Ol' Pharaoh's daughter, She fished him, she said, from dat stream.
Wadoo ...
Well, it ain't necessarily so Well, it ain't necessarily so Dey tells all you chillun De debble's a villun, But it ain't necessarily so !
To get into Hebben Don' 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 nece-ain't nece Ain't nece-ain't nece Ain't necessarily ... so !