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Sammy Davis Jr. And Diahann Carroll "It Ain't Necessarily So", And More From "Porgy And Bess"
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Performer
Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae
Performer
The Bill Thompson Singers
The Bill Thompson Singers
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
George Gershwin
George Gershwin
Songwriter
Du Bose Heyward
Du Bose Heyward
Composer
Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
Songwriter
Larry Steinbachek
Larry Steinbachek
Songwriter
Steve Bronski
Steve Bronski
Songwriter
Jimmy Somerville
Jimmy Somerville
Songwriter

Lyrics

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 die-eth
Little David was small, but, oh my
Wadoo
(Wadoo)
Scaddy-wah
(Scaddy-wah)
Oh Jonah, he lived in the whale
(Oh Jonah, he lived in a whale)
For the made his home in
That fish's abdomen
Oh Jonah, he lived in the whale
Little Moses was found in a stream
(Little Moses was found in a stream)
He floated on water
'Til old Pharoah's daughter
She fished him, she says, from that stream, huh
Wadoo
(Wadoo)
Scaddy-wah
(Scaddy-wah)
Scaddy-wah
Yeah, it ain't necessarily so
(It ain't necessarily so)
Man, they tell all you chillun
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 takes that gospel
Whenever it's possible
But, with a grain of salt
Methus'lah lived nine hundred years
(Methus'lah lived nine hundred years)
But, who calls that livin'
When no gal will give in
To one man what's nine hundred years?
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
I'm preachin' this sermon to show
Hm-mm
It ain't nece', ain't nece'
Ain't nece', mm-hmm-hmm, ain't nece'
Ain't necessarily so
Written by: Dubose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin

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