It Ain’t Necessarily So

It ain't necessarily so It ain't necessarily so The things that you're liable to read in the Bible It ain't necessarily so Little David was small but oh my Little David was small but oh my He fought the Goliath who lay down and dieth Little David was small but oh my Yes, Jonah he lived in the whale Oh, Jonah he lived in the whale For he made his home in that fish abdomen Oh, Jonah he lived in the whale Little Moses was found in the stream Little Moses was found in the stream He floated on water 'til old Pharaoh's daughter She fished him, she says, from that stream It ain't necessarily so It ain't necessarily so They tell all the children The devil's a villain But it ain't necessarily so To get into heaven, don't snap for a seven Live clean, don't have no fault Oh, I'd take that gospel whenever it's possible But with a grain of salt Methuselah lived nine hundred years (hmm, sing it, Ella) Methuselah lived nine hundred years (hmm, oh, does he?) But who calls that livin' when no gal will give in to no man What's nine hundred years? Now I'm preachin' this sermon to you Ain't necessarily Ain't necessarily Ain't necessarily so