it ain t necessarily so

Ella Fitzgerald

Sportin Life:
It ain t necessarily so,

All:
It ain t necessarily so.

Sportin Life:
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!

All:
Li l David was small, but oh my!

Sportin Life:
He fought Big Goliath
Who lay down and dieth -
Li l David was small, but oh my!
Wadoo!

Ensemble:
Wadoo!

Sportin Life:
Zim bam boddle-oo!

Ensemble:
Zim bam boddle-oo!

Sportin Life:
Hoodle ah da waah da!

Ensemble:
Hoodle ah da waah da!

Sportin Life:
Scatty way!

Ensemble:
Scatty wah!

Sportin Life:
Yeah!
Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale

All:
Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale.

Sportin Life:
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

All:
L il Moses was found in a stream

Sportin Life:
He floated on water
Till Ole Pharaoh s daughter
She fished him, she says from dat stream.

Wadoo!

Ensemble:
Wadoo!

Sportin Life:
Zim bam boddle-oo!

Ensemble:
Zim bam boddle-oo!

Sportin Life:
Hoodle ah da waah da!

Ensemble:
Hoodle ah da waah da!

Sportin Life:
Scatty way!

Ensemble:
Scatty wah!

Sportin Life:
Yeah!
It ain t necessarily so

All:
It ain t necessarily so

Sportin Life:
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,

All:
Methus lah lived nine hundred years,

Sportin Life:
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 -

All: