Stranger Things Have Happened

Do not believe that ink is always black,

Or lime white, or lemon sour;

You cannot ring one bell from two pagodas,

You cannot have two governors for the city of Lang Son.

I found you binding an orange spray

Of flowers with white flowers;

I never noticed the flower gathering

Of other village ladies.

Would you like me to go and see your father and mother?

Song of Annam.