I could fall in love with the proper stranger
If I heard the bells and the banjos ring
If two certain eyes with the look of danger
Smiled a welcome warm as spring
If the beating in my heart sounded out a warning
"Don't let her, don't let her walk through the door
"This is the one you've been waiting for"
Oh, yes, I'd know, however wild it seems
You know I'd know
And I'd whisper, "Come take my hand, proper stranger
Don't go through life as a stranger
For I'm a poor proper stranger, too"
"Don't let her, don't let her walk through the door
This is the one you've been waiting for"
Oh, yes, I'd know, however wild it seems
You know I'd know
And I'd whisper, "Come take my hand, proper stranger
Don't go through life as a stranger
For I'm a poor, proper stranger, too"