It Ain't Necessarily So 1935 'Porgy and Bess'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 10 Dec 2005

It ain't necessarily so,
It ain't necessarily so,
de tings 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!

Wadoo wadoo
zim bam boddleoo zim bam boddleoo
Hoodle ah da wa da, Hoodle ah da wa da,
Scatty wah, scatty wah, 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 ole Pharaoh's daughter
she fished him, she says, from that stream.

Wadoo wadoo
zim bam boddleoo zim bam boddleoo
Hoodle ah da wa da, Hoodle ah da wa da,
Scatty wah, scatty wah, Yeah! Oh!

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 Hebben don' snap for a sebben!
Live clean! Don' have no fault.
Oh, I takes that 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'll give in
to no man what's nine hundred years?

I'm preachin' this sermon to show,
It ain't nessa, ain't nessa, ain't nessa,
ain't nessa, ain't necessarily so.

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It Ain't Necessarily So 1935 Gershwin
by George Gershwin, Dubose & Dorothy Heyward, & Ira Gershwin
from "Porgy and Bess"
© 1935 by Chappell & Co. Inc. (renewed)
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 10 December 2005 at 14.49
in association with Doug Grierson
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