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 !