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