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It Ain't Necessarily So
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Vocals
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Trumpet
Russell Garcia
Russell Garcia
Conductor
Joseph Young
Joseph Young
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Du Bose Heyward
Du Bose Heyward
Songwriter
Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
Songwriter
George Gershwin
George Gershwin
Songwriter
Jimmy Somerville
Jimmy Somerville
Songwriter
Larry Steinbachek
Larry Steinbachek
Songwriter
Steve Bronski
Steve Bronski
Songwriter
Russell Garcia
Russell Garcia
Arranger
Richard Seidel
Richard Seidel
Copyist
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Norman Granz
Norman Granz
Producer
David Stone Martin
David Stone Martin
Cover Art
Dennis Drake
Dennis Drake
Mastering Engineer
Herman Leonard
Herman Leonard
Photography
Phil Stern
Phil Stern
Photography
Sheldon Marks
Sheldon Marks
Creative Director
Tommy Amer
Tommy Amer
Photography

Lyrics

It ain't necessarily so It ain't necessarily so The things that you're liable to read in the Bible It ain't necessarily so Little David was small but oh, my Little David was small but oh, my He fought the Goliath who lay down and died Little David was small but oh, my Yes, Jonah he lived in the whale Oh, Jonah he lived in the whale But he made his home in that fish's abdomen Ooh, Jonah he lived in the whale Little Moses was found in the stream Little Moses was found in the stream He floated on water till old Pharoah's daughter She fished him, she says, from that stream They tell all the children The devil's a villian But it ain't necessarily so To get into heaven don't snap for a seven Live clean, don't have no fault Oh, I'd take that gospel whenever it's possible But with a grain of salt Methus'lah lived nine hundred years Methus'lah lived nine hundred years But who calls that livin' when no gal will give in To no man, what's nine hundred years? Now I'm preachin' this sermon to show It ain't necessarily, ain't necessarily, ain't necessarily So
Writer(s): George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Du Bose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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