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

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
Til Ole Pharoah'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 Villun
But It Ain't Necessarily So.

To Get Into Hebben Don't 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 Nessa, Ain't Nessa, Ain't Nessa, Ain't Nessa
Ain't Necessarily So.