I heard it first at this great club I used to go to in my twenties, the name of which I can't quite remember - Cabaret something or other. It was very kitsch; lots of easy listening music from the 50s and 60s; sort of an anti-cool-vibe.
I enjoyed the Jack Jones version but his smooth, unremarkable voice suggested a lack of irony over the lyrics. When he sung:
Day after day there are girls at the office
And men will always be men
Don't send him off with your hair still in curlers
You may not see him again
For wives should always be lovers too
Run to his arms the moment he comes home to you
He's almost here....
It sounded like the most literal of warnings; a well-meaning, smiling, but slightly sinister bit of advice from a man of a conservative views. The sort of man who'd have been burning women as witches a few hundred years before.
It's amazing how different the song sounds sung in the cool, low, elegant voice of Julie London. I love this version. In my mind, Julie London's version is still a warning, but of a different sort. I think of her as an older woman in the same position giving advice. Perhaps somewhat ironical advice.
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