The second line of the verse given by Peace 18.3.06 is of interest
to me, as here in Scotland up to about the time of Burns we had an old courting custom called "bundling".
In those days a young man visiting his sweetheart would get into what was called a box bed and the curtains or doors would be closed
and they had privacy to do their courting, the bed being in the kitchen where all the family would be gathered in the evening.
Who composed the verse and was the custom known in America?
Joe.