The Burma-Shave Legend

1934

HE HAD THE RING
HE HAD THE FLAT
BUT SHE FELT HIS CHIN
AND THAT
WAS THAT

YOUR BEAUTY, BOYS
IS JUST
SKIN DEEP
WHAT SKIN YOU'VE GOT
YOU OUGHT TO KEEP

THE ANSWER TO
A SHAVER'S DREAM
A GREASELESS
NO BRUSH
SHAVING CREAM

WHEN CUTTING
WHISKERS
YOU DON'T NEED
TO LEAVE ONE HALF
OF THEM FOR SEED

EVERY DAY
WE DO
OUR PART
TO MAKE YOUR FACE
A WORK OF ART

THE BEARDED LADY
TRIED A JAR
SHE'S NOW
A FAMOUS
MOVIE STAR

JONAH TOOK
NO BRUSH
TO MOP HIS FACE
WHERE JONAH WENT
HE NEEDED SPACE

THE GAME LAWS
OUGHT TO
LET YOU SHOOT
THE BIRD WHO HANDS YOU
A SUBSTITUTE

BACHELOR'S QUARTERS
DOG ON THE RUG
WHISKERS TO BLAME
NO ONE
TO HUG

BRISTLY BEARD
OR SILKY FUZZ
JUST SHAVE 'EM BACK
TO WHERE
THEY WAS

THO LIVING COSTS
ARE UPWARD BOUND
FOUR BITS
STILL BUYS
HALF A POUND

PITY ALL
THE MIGHTY CAESARS
THEY PULLED
EACH WHISKER OUT
WITH TWEEZERS

LATHER WAS USED
BY DANIEL BOONE
HE LIVED
A 100 YEARS
TOO SOON

BENEATH THIS STONE
LIES ELMER GUSH
TICKLED TO DEATH
BY HIS
SHAVING BRUSH

COLLEGE BOYS!
YOUR COURAGE MUSTER
SHAVE OFF
THAT FUZZY
COOKIE DUSTER

EVERY SECOND
WITHOUT FAIL
SOME STORE
RINGS UP
ANOTHER SALE
THAT "PINK TOOTHBRUSH"
IS A CURSE
BUT THAT PINK RAZOR'S
A DARN SIGHT WORSE
USE
NOAH HAD WHISKERS
IN THE ARK
BUT HE WOULDN'T GET BY
ON A BENCH
IN THE PARK

 

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