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It ain't necessarily so, it ain't necessarily so
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De things dat yo' liable to read in de Bible
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It ain't necessarily so
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Li'l David was small but oh my, Li'l David was small but oh my
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He fought big Goliath who lay down and dieth
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Li'l David was small but oh my
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Oh Jonah he lived in de whale, Oh Jonah he lived in de whale
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Now he made his home in dat fish's abdomen
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Oh Jonah he lived in de whale
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Li'l Moses was found in a stream, Li'l Moses was found in a stream
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He floated on water 'til ole Pharaoh's daughter
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She fished him she says from that stream
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It ain't necessarily so, it ain't necessarily so
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Th' things that the preacher is liable to teach ya
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It ain't necessarily so
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Methus'lah lived nine hundred years, Methus'lah lived nine hundred years
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But who calls dat livin' when no gal'll give in
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To no man what's nine hundred years
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I'm preachin' dis sermon to show
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It ain't nessa, ain't nessa, ain't nessa, ain't nessa
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It ain't necessarily so