It Ain’t Necessarily So
George Gershwin * Track #9 On Porgy and Bess
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It Ain't Necessarily So by George Gershwin
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In this comic aria, Sportin' Life regales the people of Kittiwah Island with his irreverent take on stories from the Bible, with a call-and-response part for the chorus of the opera. With its melody following its insinuating bass line, this operatic piece has become a favorite among jazz and pop sin...
It Ain’t Necessarily So Lyrics
It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so
The t'ings dat yo' li'ble
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 an' dieth !
Li'l David was small, but oh my !
Wadoo, zim bam boodle-oo
Hoodle ah da wa da
Scatty wah !
Oh yeah !
Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale
Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale
Fo' 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
Till Ol' Pharaoh's daughter
She fished him, she said, from dat stream
Wadoo, zim bam boodle-oo
Hoodle ah da wa da
Scatty wah !
Oh yeah !
Well, it ain't necessarily so
Well, it ain't necessarily so
Dey tells all you chillun
De debble's a villun
But it ain't necessarily so !
To get into Hebben
Don' snap for a sebben !
Live clean ! Don' have no fault !
Oh, I takes dat 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 will 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
Ain't necessarily so !
It Ain’t Necessarily So Q&A
Who wrote It Ain’t Necessarily So's ?
It Ain’t Necessarily So was written by Ira Gershwin & George Gershwin.
When did George Gershwin release It Ain’t Necessarily So?
George Gershwin released It Ain’t Necessarily So on Mon Sep 30 1935.
What did George Gershwin say about "It Ain't Necessarily So"?
In Lyrics on Several Occasions, Ira Gershwin wrote:
After my brother played me a 16-bar tune which he thought might be the start of something for Sportin' Life in the picnic scene, I asked for a lead sheet, and to remember the rhythm and accents better, I wrote across the top a dummy title, the fir...
Is there a live performance of "It Ain't Necessarily So" by George Gershwin?
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