The Burma-Shave Legend

1930

ONE POUND 85 CENTS
HALF POUND 50 CENTS
BIG TUBE 35 CENTS
DON'T PUT IT OFF
PUT IT ON

DOES YOUR HUSBAND
MISBEHAVE
GRUNT AND GRUMBLE
RANT AND RAVE
SHOOT THE BRUTE SOME

SHAVING BRUSHES
SUCH A BOTHER
BURMA-SHAVE
LOOKS GOOD
TO FATHER

EARLY TO BED
EARLY TO RISE
WAS MEANT FOR THOSE
OLD FASHIONED GUYS
WHO DON'T USE

BE
NO
LONGER
LATHER'S SLAVE
TREAT YOURSELF TO

UNCLE RUBE
BUYS TUBE
ONE WEEK
LOOKS SLEEK
LIKE SHEIK

THO STIFF
THE BEARD
THAT NATURE GAVE
IT SHAVES LIKE DOWN
WITH

SHAVING BRUSHES
YOU'LL SOON SEE 'EM
ON THE SHELF
IN SOME
MUSEUM

FIVE
HUNDRED
THOUSAND
MEN
USE

CHEER UP FACE
THE WAR IS PAST
THE "H" IS OUT
OF SHAVE
AT LAST

HALF A POUND
FOR
HALF A DOLLAR
AT THE DRUG STORE
SIMPLY HOLLER

SIX
HUNDRED
THOUSAND
MEN
USE

1880 A.D.
STRAIGHT RAZOR AND
SHAVING SOAP
1930 A.D.
SAFETY RAZOR AND

THE 50 CENT JAR
SO LARGE
BY HECK
EVEN THE SCOTCH
NOW SHAVE THE NECK

ARE YOUR WHISKERS
WHEN YOU WAKE
TOUGHER THAN
A TWO-BIT STEAK?
TRY

MODERN MAN
SPREADS IT ON
PATS IT IN
SHAVES IT OFF
SEE HIM GRIN

BUY A TUBE
USE IT ONE WEEK
IF YOU THEN WANT
YOUR MONEY BACK
SEND US THE TUBE

HINKY DINKY
PARLEY VOO
CHEER UP FACE
THE WAR
IS THRU

 

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