Song Lyrics

It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so
The things that yo' liable to read in the 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 die-eth
Li'l David was small but oh my

Oh Jonah he lived in a whale
Oh Jonah he lived in a whale
For he made his home in dat fish's abdomen
Oh Jonah he lived in a 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
Ain?t necessarily so!
Dey tell all you chillun that debble's a villain
But ain?t necessarily so

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 whose nine hundred years

It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so

Dorothy Heyward, Du Bose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin

The duration of It Ain't Necessarily So (Reprise) is 2:14 minutes and seconds.