The tune to Comfort of man is quite common. It crops up in Ireland, and is used for 'The Family Ointment'. You can hear Tim Lyons sing it on his LP 'Easter Snow' if you can find a copy. The tune is (I think) derived from Gee Ho Dobbin, that tune is used by traditional singer Aunt Fanny Rumble, (on topic records?)for 'When will we be Married John?' A 3/4 variant of the tune is used for 'Roger Esquire'   sung by Phil Tanner. These tunes like so many vary to the point of re-composition, however all hold comical stories. Personally I prefer Comfort of man to all of them. Henry Adams of Sturminster was one of the first singers the Hammond Brothers visited in Dorset. I was not able to find anything about him as yet. Later in their collection the Hammonds' abandoned songs like this and concentrated on those they thought would be of interest to Lucy Broadwood and the Folk dance and Song Society. We missed many 'later' gems no doubt that may have originated on street literature, but were less 'poetic' than the Hammonds wished to find. Singers like Charlie Wills and my own collection hopefully made up for it with songs like 'Corduroy 'Houshold Rememdies' and 'The young man from the Country', all in the same mould as 'The Comfort of Man' Hope this is of interest
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