Ella Fitzgerald - It Ain't Necessarily So Lyrics
Sportin life:It aint necessarily so,All:It aint necessarily so.Sportin life:De tings dat yo libleTo read in de Bible -It aint necessarily so.Lil david was small, but oh my!All:Lil david was small, but oh my!Sportin life:He fought big goliathWho lay down and dieth -Lil 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 whaleAll:Oh jonah, he lived in de whale.Sportin life:Fo he made his home inDat fishs abdomen -Oh jonah, he lived in de whale.Lil moses was found in a streamAll:Lil moses was found in a streamSportin life:He floated on watertill ole pharaohs daughterShe 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 aint necessarily soAll:It aint necessarily soSportin life:Dey tell all you chillunDe debbles a villunBut taint necessarily so.To get into hebbbenDont snap fo a sebben -Live clean! don have no fault!Oh, I takes dat gospelWhenever its posple -But wid a grain of salt!Methuslah lived nine hundred years,All:Methuslah lived nine hundred years,Sportin life:But who calls dat livinWhen no galll give inTo no man whats nine hundred years?Im preachin dis sermon to showIt aint nessa, aint nessa,Aint nessa, aint nessa -All:It aint necessarily so!
