The Burma-Shave Legend

1938

"THEY'RE OFF!"
HE CRIED
AND FELT HIS CHIN
'TWAS JUST ANOTHER
EASY WIN FOR

IF YOU HAVE
A DOUBLE CHIN
YOU'VE TWO
GOOD REASONS
TO BEGIN USING

FIRE!  FIRE!
KEEP COOL
BE BRAVE
JUST GRAB
YOUR PANTS AND

ON A HIGHWAY AD
HE SPIED IT
BOUGHT A JAR
NOW GLAD HE
TRIED IT

A SILKY CHEEK
SHAVED SMOOTH
AND CLEAN
IS NOT OBTAINED
WITH A MOWING MACHINE
RING OUT THE OLD
RING IN THE NEW
WHAT GOOD CAN
SHAVING
BRUSHES DO?
CHEEK TO CHEEK
THEY MEANT TO BE
THE LIGHTS WENT OUT
AND SO DID HE
HE NEEDED
SAY, BIG BOY
TO GO
THRU LIFE
HOW'D YOU LIKE
A WHISKERED WIFE?
HENRY THE EIGHTH
PRINCE OF FRISKERS
LOST FIVE WIVES
BUT KEPT
HIS WHISKERS
ARE YOU
AN EVEN-TEMPERED GUY
MAD ALL
THE TIME
BETTER TRY
DON'T TAKE
A CURVE
AT 60 PER
WE HATE TO LOSE
A CUSTOMER
THE CREAM
ONE HEARS
THE MOST OF NOW
COMES FROM A JAR
NOT FROM A COW
THE TIME
TO START
A REAL DISPUTE
IS WHEN YOU'RE
OFFERED A SUBSITUTE
RIP VAN WINKLE
SAID HE'D RATHER
SNOOZE FOR YEARS
THAN SHAVE
WITH LATHER
OTHER THINGS HAVE
GONE SKY HIGH
HALF A DOLLAR
STILL WILL BUY
HALF POUND JAR
TRAILER FOLK
HAVE LITTLE SPACE
FOR TOTIN' THINGS
TO FIX THE FACE
THEY USE
BEFORE I TRIED IT
THE KISSES
I MISSED
BUT AFTERWARD - BOY!
THE MISSES I KISSED
NO LADY LIKES
TO DANCE
OR DINE
ACCOMPANIED BY
A PORCUPINE
IN EVERY
HALF A POUND
MY BOY
YOU GET A TON
OF SHAVING JOY

HERE'S THE WINNING
SHAVING TEAM
THE PERFECT BLADE
THE PERFECT CREAM
BURMA-SHAVE BLADES

HERE'S SOMETHING
THAT COULD
EVEN SOAK
THE WHISKERS OFF
A RADIO JOKE

SHARPEST BLADE
EVER MADE
COMFORT SPEED
GUARANTEED
15 FOR 25 CENTS

AFTER ONE TRIAL
YOU'LL WANT MORE
AT THE NEXT
GOOD DRUG STORE
15 FOR 25 CENTS

 

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