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 Now 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 Th' things that the preacher is liable to teach ya It ain't necessarily so 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