now every day ya get a little bit older hey sweet sally every day get a little bit bolder oh sweet sally every night when i go to sleep hey sweet sally the greenest blue eyes and lips so sweet oh sweet sally chorus oh sweet sally prettiest girl in town oh sweet sally i love sweet sally brown i help carry her book to school hey sweet sally i ain t too big but i ain t no fool oh sweet sally i ain t big enough to go to school like sally and brother so give her a kiss at the school house door then go back home to mother chorus mom says i can t ask her to wed that would be too mean for you see i m only five years old and sally s seventeen but age don t matter when love is true the way that i love sally so i ll eat my food and grow up real big and i ll be big like sally chorus