susannah mccorkle
it ain't necessarily so
Way back in 5000 B.C. Ole Adam an' Eve had to flee Sure, dey did dat deed in De Garden of Eden But why chasterize you an' me?  It ain't necessarily so It ain't necessarily so The t'ings 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 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 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 Ol' Pharaoh's daughter She fished him, she said, from dat stream  Wadoo  Well, it ain't necessarily so Well, it ain't necessarily so Dey tells all you chillun De debble's a villun But it ain't necessarily so   To get into Hebben Don' snap for a sebben  Live clean ! Don' have no fault  Oh, I takes dat 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 will give in To no man what's nine hundred years   I'm preachin' dis sermon to show It ain't nece-ain't nece Ain't nece-ain't nece Ain't necessarily... so