Classic Poem

It ain't necessarily so.
It ain't necessarily so.
De t'ings dat you li'ble
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!
Wadoo
Wadoo!
Zim bam boddle-oo!
Zim bam boddle-oo!
Hoodle ah da wah da!
Hoodle ah da wah da!
Scatty wah!
Scatty wah!
Yeah!
Oh, Jonah, he lived in de whale.
Oh, Jonah, he lived in de whale.
Fo' 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
Till Ole Pharoah's daughter
She fished him, she says , from dat stream.
Wadoo!
Wadoo!
Zim bam boddle-oo!
Zim bam boddle-oo!
Hoodle ah da wah da!
Hoodle ah da wah da!
Scatty wah!
Scatty wah!
Yeah!
It ain't necessarily so,
It ain't necessarily so.
Dey tell all you chillun
De Debble's a villun,
But 'tain't necessarily so.
To get into Hebben
Don't snap fo' a sebben —
Don' have no fault!
Live clean!
Oh, I takes dat 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 —
Ain't necessarily so!