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 big Goliath Who lay down and dieth Little David was small but oh my To get into Heaven don't snap for a seven Live clean, don't have no fault I takes dat gospel Whenever it's pos'ble But with a grain of salt Methus'lah lived nine hundred years Methus'lah lived nine hundred years But who calls dat livin' When no gal will give in To no man who's nine hundred years 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 Little Moses was found in a stream Little Moses was found in a stream He floated on water Till ole Pharoah's daughter She fished him, she says, from that stream To get into Heaven don't snap for a seven Live clean, don't have no fault I takes dat gospel Whenever it's pos'ble But with a grain of salt Methus'lah lived nine hundred years Methus'lah lived nine hundred years But who calls dat livin' When no gal will give in To no man what's nine hundred years? I'm preachin' this sermon to show It ain't necessarily, ain't necessarily Ain't necessarily so