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