From Horace P. Beck, Jr., "Down-East Songs and Ballads," Ph. D. diss.
University of Pennsylvania, 1952, pp. 411-18 (no melody indicated):

                      THE FAMILY OINTMENT

          There was an old farmer, his name was Brown.
          He lived in a cot not far from town.
          He had a snug little home, and a neat little wife,
          But the want of a family has caused him much strife.