The Burma-Shave Legend

1936

RIOT AT
DRUG STORE
CALLING ALL CUSTOMERS
100 CUSTOMERS
99 JARS

TO GET
AWAY FROM
HAIRY APES
LADIES JUMP
FROM FIRE ESCAPES

SPECIAL TREATMENT
EVERY HAIR
HOLDS IT UP
AND CUTS
IT SQUARE

IF YOU
AND WHISKERS
DO HOBNOB
SOME SAILOR GOB
WILL STEAL YOUR SQUAB

YOUR RAZOR
FLOATS THRU
THE HAIR
WITH THE
GREATEST OF EASE
IF YOU'RE JUST
AN AVERAGE MAN
WANTING TO LOOK
THE BEST YOU CAN
USE
ED'S FACE
IS ROUGH
AND RUGGED
ED'S WIFE
DOESN'T HUG ED
THE CREAM
PRESERVES
PA'S RAZOR BLADE
THE JAR PRESERVES
MA'S MARMALADE

SHAVING BRUSH
& SOAPY SMEAR
WENT OUT OF
STYLE WITH
HOOPS MY DEAR

FISHERMAN!
FOR A LUCKY STRIKE
SHOW THE PIKE
A FACE
THEY'LL LIKE

TO EVERY MAN
HIS SHAVE
IS BEST
UNTIL HE MAKES
THE FINAL TEST

SMITH BROTHERS
WOULD LOOK IMMENSE
IF THEY'D JUST
COUGH UP 50 CENTS
FOR HALF POUND JAR

GOLFERS!
HOLE IN ONE
IS QUITE A FEAT
UNLESS THAT HOLE
IS IN YOUR MEAT

JIMMIE SAID A
NAUGHTY WORD
JIMMIE'S MOTHER OVERHEARD
SOAPSUDS? NO!
HE PREFERRED

CONGRESSMAN PIPP
LOST THE ELECTION
BABIES HE KISSED
HAD NO PROTECTION
TO WIN - USE

CHEER CHEER
THE GANG'S
ALL HERE
RIDING ALONG
THREE MILLION STRONG FOR
LET'S GIVE THE
CLERK A HAND
WHO NEVER
PALMS OFF
ANOTHER BRAND
HEAR ABOUT
THE JOLLY TAR
IT SMELLED SO GOOD
HE ATE
A JAR
HIS TENOR VOICE
SHE THOUGHT DIVINE
TILL WHISKERS
SCRATCHED
SWEET ADELINE

COOTIES LOVE
BEWHISKERED PLACES
CUTIES LOVE THE
SMOOTHEST FACES
SHAVED BY

OLD McDONALD
ON THE FARM
SHAVED SO HARD
HE BROKE HIS ARM
THEN HE BOUGHT

FREE! FREE!
A TRIP
TO MARS
FOR 900
EMPTY JARS

AS YOU JOURNEY
DOWN THE YEARS
YOUR MIRROR IS
THE GLASS THAT CHEERS
IF YOU USE

ALL THESE YEARS
YOUR SKIN
HAS DRIED
WHY NOT MOISTEN
UP YOUR HIDE

 

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