(To Keep All the Married Men Home)
A popular song from 1920
Words by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young
Music by Walter Donaldson
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Felix Chaplin:
Lyrics
- Husbands are flighty
They’re flying around
They’re leaving their wifey’s at home
Since Aphrodite blew into the town
They go to that show all alone
There’s only one thing you can do
To make hubby stay home with you
Chorus 1.
You’ll have to put a nightie on Aphrodite
To keep all the married men home
These winter nights she’s apt to catch a cold
That’s not the only thing she’ll catch, I’m told
Why just a slight description of this Egyptian
Makes papa leave mama alone
The bald heads sitting down in bald headed row
Take one look and then their hair starts to grow
You’ll have to put a nightie on Aphrodite
To keep all the married men home
- You clear the table
When dinner is through
And hubby gets dressed right away
He tells a fable
The lodge dues are due
And what in the world can you say
When once they get out of your sight
It’s goodbye, they’re out for the night
Chorus 2.
You’ll have to put a nightie on Aphrodite
To keep all the married men home
These winter nights she’s apt to catch a cold
That’s not the only thing she’ll catch, I’m told
Why just a slight description of this Egyptian
Makes papa leave mama alone
One guy who never paid a nickel before
Paid ten dollars and he didn’t get sore
You’ll have to put a nightie on Aphrodite
To keep all the married men home
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein.