It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't 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!

Wadoo, zim bam boodle-oo
Hoodle ah da wa da
Scatty wah!
Yeah

Oh Jonah, he lived in the whale
Oh Jonah, he lived in the whale
For he made his home in that fish's abdomen
Oh Jonah, he lived in the whale

Lil' Moses was found in a stream
He floated on water
Til Ol' Pharaoh's daughter
She fished him, she said, from that stream
Wadoo, zim bam boodle-oo
Hoodle ah da wa da
Scatty wah!
Woah!

It ain't necessarily so
Ain't necessarily so
They tell all you chillen
The devils a villian
It ain't necessarily so !

To get into Heaven
Don' snap for a seven!
Live clean ! Don' have no fault !
Oh, I takes that gospel
Whenever it's pos'ble
But with a grain of salt

Methus'lah lived nine hundred years
Methus'lah lived nine hundred years
But who calls that livin'
When no gal will 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!
I'm preachin' this sermon to show
It ain't nessa, ain't nessa
Ain't nessa, ain't nessa
Ain't necessarily so!