[Trumpet Solo: Louis Armstrong]

[Verse 1: Ella Fitzgerald]
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

[Verse 2: Ella Fitzgerald]
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

[Scatting: Ella Fitzgerald]

[Verse 3: Louis Armstrong]
This 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

[Verse 4: Louis Armstrong]
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
[Scatting: Louis Armstrong]

[Verse 5: Ella Fitzgerald]
It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so
They tell all the children
The devil's a villain
But 'tain't necessarily so

[Bridge: Ella Fitzgerald]
To get into Heaven
Don't snap for a seven
Live clean, don't have no fault!
Oh, I take that gospel
Whenever it's possible
But with a grain of salt

[Verse 6: Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong]
Methuselah lived nine hundred years (Ooh, sing it, Ella)
Methuselah lived nine hundred years (Mmm, old 'Thusy)
But who calls that livin'
When no gal'll give in
To no man what's nine hundred years?

[Outro: Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Both]
Now I'm preachin' this sermon to show
It ain't necessarily
Ain't necessarily
Ain't necessarily so!