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Artist: Porgy and Bess: (The Musical)
Canonical path: /porgy-and-bess-the-musical/it-ain-t-necessarily-so
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It Ain't Necessarily So
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It Ain't Necessarily So
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It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so
De things dat yo' liable 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 and dieth
Li'l david was small but oh my
Oh jonah he lived in de whale
Oh jonah he lived in de whale
For 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 'til ole pharaoh's daughter
She fished him she says from that stream
It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so
Dey tell all you chillun de debble's a villain
But 'taint necessarily so
To get into hebben don' snap for a sebben
Live clean, don' have no fault
Oh I takes de 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'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
It ain't necessarily so
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