It Ain't Necessarily So Lyrics – Porgy and Bess
It Ain't Necessarily So Lyrics
It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so
De things dat yo' liable to read in de Bible
It ain't necessarily so
Li'l David was small but oh my
Li'l David was small but oh my
He fought big Goliath who lay down and dieth
Li'l David was small but oh my
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
Li'l Moses was found in a stream
Li'l Moses was found in a stream
He floated on water 'til ole Pharaoh's daughter
She fished him she says from that stream
It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so
Dey tell all you chillun de debble's a villain
But 'taint necessarily so
To get into Hebben don' snap for a sebben
Live clean, don' have no fault
Oh I takes de gospel whenever it's pos'ble
But wid a grain of salt
Methus'lah lived nine hundred years
Methus'lah lived nine hundred years
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
It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so
De things dat yo' liable to read in de Bible
It ain't necessarily so
Li'l David was small but oh my
Li'l David was small but oh my
He fought big Goliath who lay down and dieth
Li'l David was small but oh my
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
Li'l Moses was found in a stream
Li'l Moses was found in a stream
He floated on water 'til ole Pharaoh's daughter
She fished him she says from that stream
It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so
Dey tell all you chillun de debble's a villain
But 'taint necessarily so
To get into Hebben don' snap for a sebben
Live clean, don' have no fault
Oh I takes de gospel whenever it's pos'ble
But wid a grain of salt
Methus'lah lived nine hundred years
Methus'lah lived nine hundred years
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
It ain't necessarily so
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Porgy and Bess Lyrics: Song List
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Introduction and Jasbo Brown Blues
- Summertime
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Oh, Nobody Knows When de Lord Is Gonna Call
- A Woman is a Sometime Thing
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Here Come de Honey Man; Porgy's Entrance
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Here Comes Big Boy!
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Oh Little Stars, Little Stars
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Wake Up an' Hit It Out
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Gone, Gone, Gone
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Overflow
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Well, Well, Well, a Saucer-Burying-Setup
- My Man's Gone Now
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How de Saucer Stan' Now, My Sister?
- Leavin' for the Promise' Lan'
- It Takes a Long Pull to Get There
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Mus' Be You Mens Forgot About de Picnic
- I Got Plenty o' Nuttin
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Lissen There, What I Tells You
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I Hates Yo' Struttin' Style
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Mornin' Lawyer
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Dey's a Buckra Comin'
- Buzzard Keep on Flying
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Lo, Bess, Goin' to the Picnic?
- Bess, You Is My Woman
- Oh, I Can't Sit Down
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What's de Matter Wid You, Sister?
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I Ain't Got No Shame
- It Ain't Necessarily So
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Dance; Shame on All You Sinners
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Crown!
- What you want wid Bess
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Lemme Go, Hear dat Boat
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Honey, dat's All de Breakfast I Got Time for
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Take Yo' Hands off Me, I Say
- Oh, Doctor Jesus
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Strawberry Woman; Honey Man; Crab Man
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Now de Time, Oh, Gawd
- I Love You, Porgy
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Why You Been Out on That Wharf So Long, Clara?
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Oh, Doctor Jesus (Hurricane Scene)/Summertime (Reprise)
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What Make You So Still, Bess; Oh, Dere's Somebody Knockin'
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You Is a Nice Parcel of Christians
- A Red-Headed Woman
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Jack's Boat Is de River
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Clara, Clara
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You Low-Lived Skunk
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Summertime (Reprise) ; Death of Crown
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Wait For Us at the Corner, Al
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What Is Your Name?
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Oh, Gawd! They Goin' Make Him Look on Crown's Face!
- There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York
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Catfish Row Interlude
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Good Mornin', sistuh! Good Mornin', brudder!
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It's Porgy Comin' Home
- Oh, Bess, Oh, Where's My Bess
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Bess Is Gone
- O Lawd, I'm On My Way