Ella Fitzgerald — It Aint Necessarily So

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 and dieth - Li'l' david was small, but oh my! [Scat] 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 L'il' moses was found in a stream L'il' moses was found in a stream He floated on water 'till ole' pharaoh's daughter She fished him, she says from dat stream [Scat] It ain't necessarily so It ain't necessarily so Dey tell all you chillun De debble's a villun But 'tain't necessarily so To get into hebbben Don't snap fo' a sebben - Live clean! don' have no fault! Oh, I takes dat gospel Whenever it's pos'ple - 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 It ain't necessarily so!