Written by ira gershwin It aint necessarily so, it aint necessarily so De tings dat yo lible to read in de bible It aint necessarily so Lil david was small, but oh my Lil david was small, but oh my He fought big goliath Who lay down and dieth Lil 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 fishs abdomen Oh, jonah, he lived in de whale Lil moses was found in a stream Lil moses was found in a stream He floated on water Til ole pharoahs daughter She fished him, she says, from that stream It aint necessarily so, it aint necessarily so Dey tell all you chillun de debbles a villun But it aint necessarily so. To get into hebben dont snap for a sebben Live clean, don have no fault Oh, I takes dat gospel Whenever its posble But wid a grain of salt Methuslah lived nine hundred years Methuslah lived nine hundred years But who calls dat livin When no gal will give in To no man whats nine hundred years? Im preachin dis sermon to show It aint nessa, aint nessa, aint nessa, aint nessa Aint necessarily so.