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!