Dave Van Ronk
It Ain't Necessarily So
It ain't necessarily soIt ain't necessarily soThe t'ings dat yo' li'bleTo 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 GoliathWho lay down an' dieth!Li'l David was small, but oh my!Wadoo, zim bam boddle-oo,Hoodle ah da wa da,Scatty wah!Oh yeah!Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale,Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale,Fo' he made his home inDat 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 waterSongtexteTill Ol' Pharaoh's daughter,She fished him, she said, from dat stream.Wadoo Well, it ain't necessarily soWell, it ain't necessarily soDey tells all you chillunDe debble's a villun,But it ain't necessarily so!To get into HebbenDon' snap for a sebben!Live clean ! Don' have no fault!Oh, I takes dat gospelWhenever 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 will give inTo no man what's nine hundred years?I'm preachin' dis sermon to show,It ain't nece-ain't neceAin't nece-ain't neceAin't necessarily, so!
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