Ella Fitzgerald It Ain`t Necessarily So Lyrics

It Ain`t Necessarily So Lyrics

Sportin` Life:
It ain`t necessarily so,

All:
It ain`t necessarily so.

Sportin` Life:
De t`ings dat yo li`ble
To read in de Bible -
It ain`t necessarily so.

Li`l` David was small, but oh my!

All:
Li`l` David was small, but oh my!

Sportin` Life:
He fought Big Goliath
Who lay down and dieth -
Li`l` David was small, but oh my!
Wadoo!

Ensemble:
Wadoo!

Sportin` Life:
Zim bam boddle-oo!

Ensemble:
Zim bam boddle-oo!

Sportin` Life:
Hoodle ah da waah da!

Ensemble:
Hoodle ah da waah da!

Sportin` Life:
Scatty way!

Ensemble:
Scatty wah!

Sportin` Life:
Yeah!
Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale

All:
Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale.

Sportin` Life:
Fo` he made his home in
Dat fish`s abdomen -
Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale.

L`il` Moses was found in a stream

All:
L`il` Moses was found in a stream

Sportin` Life:
He floated on water
`Till Ole` Pharaoh`s daughter
She fished him, she says from dat stream.

Wadoo!

Ensemble:
Wadoo!

Sportin` Life:
Zim bam boddle-oo!

Ensemble:
Zim bam boddle-oo!

Sportin` Life:
Hoodle ah da waah da!

Ensemble:
Hoodle ah da waah da!

Sportin` Life:
Scatty way!

Ensemble:
Scatty wah!

Sportin` Life:
Yeah!
It ain`t necessarily so

All:
It ain`t necessarily so

Sportin` Life:
Dey tell all you chillun
De Debble`s a villun
But `tain`t necessarily so.

To get into Hebbben
Don`t snap fo` a sebben -
Live clean! Don` have no fault!
Oh, I takes dat gospel
Whenever it`s pos`ple -

But wid a grain of salt!

Methus`lah lived nine hundred years,

All:
Methus`lah lived nine hundred years,

Sportin` Life:
But who calls dat livin`
When no gal`ll give in
To no man what`s nine hundred years?

I`m preachin` dis sermon to show
It ain`t nessa, ain`t nessa,
Ain`t nessa, ain`t nessa -

All:
It ain`t necessarily so!