This is in response to yur questions concerning "'Tatties & Herrin'"
The Harbour o' Refuge' refers to the harbor at Peterhead,an important
port in North-East Scotland, though not as important today as Aberdeen's. It apparently had been intended at some point in the eighteen eighties to replace the harbour at Aberdeen, which may not then have been thought safe in stormy weather for fishing and other vessels to put in. (I don't know if the plan came to anything). And the population of Aberdeen and Stonehaven (a neighbouring town) were 'fair pitten oot'(Doric for "absolutely annoyed") when it was discovered that convicts at the Stonehaven Prison (also one of the largest in N.E. Scotland!) were being fed, not on bread and water, but on 'good Buchan - 'Buchan' is 'Aberdeenshire and environs' -potatoes, and herring brought into Peterhead'. Why Peterhead? One can only guess that the herring brought into that port (also not far away) was once thought to be of exceptional quality, but why I am not quite sure. Stonehaven ("Stanehive" is simply a nickname) Prison is an important one, its many 'guests' covering a wide spectrum of crimes of all types. It's like a regional federal penitentiary in the U.S.

If you would like to listen to a rendering of "Tatties & Herrin'",
there are two that I am aware of. One is on a CD by Isla St. Clair, another a CD by Scottish singer-songwriter Ian Bruce. The St. Clair CD is actually entitled Tatties & Herrin' (the sea), CDTRAX 146, 1997 Greentrax Recordings. The Ian Bruce recording is by the same firm, and is identified as COTRAX 156. In both cases, the singing is a cappella, i.e. without instrumental accompaniment. There may be others. I purchased the two above-named CDs 'off the rack' some time ago at the Tower Records outlet in Tysons Corner, VA. I hope that some of this is useful. Cheerio!