Lyrics Ella Fitzgerald – It Ain’t Necessarily So

Sportin’ Life
It ain’t necessarily so,

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It ain’t necessarily so.

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Lil’ David was small, but oh my!
Sportin’ Life
He fought Big Goliath
Who lay down and dieth —
Lil’ David was small, but oh my!
Wadoo!

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Wadoo!

Sportin’ Life
Zim bam boddle-oo!

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Zim bam boddle-oo!

Sportin’ Life
Hoodle ah da waah da!

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Hoodle ah da waah da!

Sportin’ Life
Scatty way!

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Scatty wah!

Sportin’ Life
Yeah!
Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale

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Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale.

Sportin’ 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

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Lil’ Moses was found in a stream

Sportin’ Life
He floated on water
‘Til Ole’ Pharaoh’s daughter
She fished him, she says from dat stream.
Wadoo!

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Wadoo!

Sportin’ Life
Zim bam boddle-oo!

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Zim bam boddle-oo!

Sportin’ Life
Hoodle ah da waah da!

Ensemble
Hoodle ah da waah da!

Sportin’ Life
Scatty way!

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Scatty wah!

Sportin’ Life
Yeah!
It ain’t necessarily so

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It ain’t necessarily so

Sportin’ 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,

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Methus’lah lived nine hundred years,

Sportin’ Life
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 —

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It ain’t necessarily so!