The Burma-Shave Legend

1941

HERE'S
A GOOD DEED
FOR A SCOUT
TELL YOUR DAD
ALL ABOUT

DON'T STICK
YOUR ELBOW
OUT SO FAR
IT MIGHT GO HOME
IN ANOTHER CAR

THEY MISSED
THE TURN
CAR WAS WHIZZ'N
FAULT WAS HER'N
FUNERAL HIS'N

SOLDIER
SAILOR
AND MARINE
NOW GET A SHAVE
THAT'S QUICK AND CLEAN

TELL
THE DEAR
WHO SHOPS AROUND
THAT HALF A BUCK
BUYS HALF A POUND
REMEMBER THIS
IF YOU'D
BE SPARED
TRAINS DON'T WHISTLE
BECAUSE THEY'RE SCARED
SHE KISSED
THE HAIRBRUSH
BY MISTAKE
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS
HER HUSBAND JAKE
WHEN BETTER
SHAVING BRUSHES
ARE MADE
WE'LL STILL SHAVE
WITHOUT THEIR AID
HE USED
UMBRELLA
FOR PARACHUTE
NOW REJECTS
EVERY SUBSTITUTE
WHEN JUNIOR TAKES
YOUR TIES
AND CAR
IT'S TIME TO BUY
AN EXTRA JAR
GETS EACH
WHISKER
AT THE BASE
NO INGROWN HAIR
ON NECK OR FACE
THE ANSWER TO
A MAIDEN'S PRAYER
IS A MAN
MOST ANYWHERE
USING
IF MAN BITES DOGGIE
THAT IS NEWS
IF FACE
SCARES DOGGIE
BETTER USE
RHYME AND REASON
EVERY SEASON
YOU'VE READ
THE RHYME
NOW TRY THE REASON
AT INTERSECTIONS
LOOK EACH WAY
A HARP SOUNDS NICE
BUT IT'S
HARD TO PLAY
WILD
DASHES
FROM BY-WAYS
CAUSE CRASHES
ON HIGHWAYS
LIFE IS SWEET
BUT OH HOW BITTER!
TO LOVE A GAL
AND THEN
NOT GIT 'ER
SUBSTITUTES
RESEMBLE
TAIL-CHASING PUP
FOLLOW AND FOLLOW
BUT NEVER CATCH UP
TRAINS DON'T WANDER
ALL OVER THE MAP
FOR NO ONE
SITS ON
THE ENGINEER'S LAP

FROM
BAR
TO CAR
TO
GATES AJAR

WHEN PETER PIPER
PICKLE PICKER
KISSED HIS GAL
HIS BEARD
WOULD PRICK 'ER

IF EVERY SIP
FILLS YOU
WITH ZIP
THEN YOUR SIPPER
NEEDS A ZIPPER

BROKEN ROMANCE
STATED FULLY
SHE WENT WILD
WHEN HE
WENT WOOLY

 

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