Yo! Bruce ... That was an amazing tale and a very interesting post indeed.

And, yes I do remember the scene of the young man with the window frame ...

"He gave her three kisses and great was the smack... to his surprise he couldn't get his head back from that hole in the window, that nice little window. etc... He ran down the road with might and with mane (?) while 'round his shoulders the sash and the frame of that nice little window, etc. Gads! I wish I could get all the words to that version. Is it the Burl Ives one?