Track Title: It Ain't Necessarily So Album Title: The Complete Verve Recordings, Disc 3 (Porgy & Bess) Prime Artist: Ella Fitzgerald / Louis Armstrong Arranger: Russell Garcia Lyrics by: Ira Gershwin (b. Israel Gershvin) Music by: George Gershwin (b. Jacob Gershvin) Vocal: Ella Fitzgerald Vocal: Louis Armstrong Trumpet: Louis Armstrong Producer: Norman Granz Conductor: Russell Garcia From the Show: Porgy and Bess 1935 (S) Lyrics: Sportin' Life: It ain't necessarily so, All: It ain't necessarily so. Sportin' Life: De t'ings dat yo li'ble To read in de Bible - It ain't necessarily so. Li'l' David was small, but oh my! All: Li'l' David was small, but oh my! Sportin' Life: He fought Big Goliath Who lay down and dieth - Li'l' David was small, but oh my! Wadoo! Ensemble: Wadoo! Sportin' Life: Zim bam boddle-oo! Ensemble: Zim bam boddle-oo! Sportin' Life: Hoodle ah da waah da! Ensemble: Hoodle ah da waah da! Sportin' Life: Scatty way! Ensemble: Scatty wah! Sportin' Life: Yeah! Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale All: 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. L'il' Moses was found in a stream All: L'il' Moses was found in a stream Sportin' Life: He floated on water 'Till Ole' Pharaoh's daughter She fished him, she says from dat stream. Wadoo! Ensemble: Wadoo! Sportin' Life: Zim bam boddle-oo! Ensemble: Zim bam boddle-oo! Sportin' Life: Hoodle ah da waah da! Ensemble: Hoodle ah da waah da! Sportin' Life: | Scatty way! Ensemble: Scatty wah! Sportin' Life: Yeah! It ain't necessarily so All: 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, All: 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 - All: It ain't necessarily so! |