It Ain't Necessarily So
(专辑: The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve - 1997)
[Sporting Life] It ain't necessarily so, [All] It ain't necessarily so. [Sporting Life] De t'ings dat yo li'ble To read in de Bible It ain't necessarily so. Lil' David was small, but oh my! [All] Lil' David was small, but oh my! [Sporting Life] He fought Big Goliath Who lay down and dieth Lil' David was small, but oh my! Wadoo! [Ensemble] Wadoo! [Sporting Life] Zim bam boddle-oo! [Ensemble] Zim bam boddle-oo! [Sporting Life] Hoodle ah da waah da! [Ensemble] Hoodle ah da waah da! [Sporting Life] Scatty way! [Ensemble] Scatty wah! [Sporting Life] Yeah! Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale [All] Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale. [Sporting Life] Fo' he made his home in Dat fish's abdomen Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale. Lil' Moses was found in a
stream [All] Lil' Moses was found in a
stream [Sporting Life] He floated on water 'Til Ole' Pharaoh's daughter She fished him, she says from dat stream. Wadoo! [Ensemble] Wadoo! [Sporting Life] Zim bam boddle-oo! [Ensemble] Zim bam boddle-oo! [Sporting Life] Hoodle ah da waah da! [Ensemble] Hoodle ah da waah da! [Sporting Life] Scatty way! [Ensemble] Scatty wah! [Sporting Life] Yeah! It ain't necessarily so [All] It ain't necessarily so [Sporting Life] Dey tell all you chillun De Debble's a
villun But 'tain't necessarily so. To get into Hebbben Don't snap fo' a
sebben Live clean! Don' have no fault! Oh, I
takes dat gospel Whenever it's pos'ple But wid a
grain of salt! Methus'lah lived nine hundred years, [All] Methus'lah lived nine hundred years, [Sporting Life] But who calls dat living When no gal'll give in To no man what's nine hundred years? I'm preaching dis sermon to show It ain't nessa, ain't nessa, Ain't nessa, ain't nessa [All] It ain't necessarily so!