Gu ma Slan a chi Mi, the composition of an Ullapool sailor, the air of which is very pretty, is a highly popular song. I have tried to render some verses of it thus:—
Full happy may I see thee,
My faithful auburn maid!
Sweet girl with flowing tresses
In pretty smiles arrayed.
My soul was oft-uplifted
By words thy lips have said;
And oft by strains of gladness
My fluttering heart allayed.
This night to me how dreary