I am just a passing stranger
Here today, and then I'm gone
Keep myself away from danger
Cause my heart is not my own
I left my love back there waiting
On the shore of my old home town
If I should not return
Tell her I'll see her around
Well in this world, I've seen some trouble
I've seen some things that I can't forget
And in this world of toil and trouble
A passing stranger can have no regrets
If you see a passing stranger
Wish him love and charity
For if this world should lose its way, sir
Just passing strangers, we all shall be