The Burma-Shave Legend

1942

PA LIKES THE CREAM
MA LIKES THE JAR
BOTH LIKE
THE PRICE
SO THERE YOU ARE

STORES ARE FULL
OF SHAVING AIDS
BUT ALL YOU NEED
IS THIS
AND BLADES

BROTHER SPEEDERS
LET'S
REHEARSE
ALL TOGETHER
"GOOD MORNING, NURSE!"

PA ACTED
SO TICKLED
MA THOUGHT
HE WAS PICKLED
HE'D JUST TRIED

'MID RISING
TAXES
SOARING RENTS
STILL HALF A POUND
FOR FIFTY CENTS
ICEMAN'S GRANDSON
NOW FULL GROWN
HAS COOLING SYSTEM
ALL HIS OWN
HE USES
APPROACHED
A CROSSING
WITHOUT LOOKING
WHO WILL EAT
HIS WIDOW'S COOKING
IF YOU DON'T KNOW
WHOSE SIGNS
THESE ARE
YOU CAN'T HAVE DRIVEN
VERY FAR
DROVE TOO LONG
DRIVER SNOOZING
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
IS NOT
AMUSING
LET'S MAKE HITLER
AND HIROHITO
LOOK AS SICK AS
OLD BENITO
BUY DEFENSE BONDS
CAN'T SHAVE DAILY?
TENDER HIDE?
NOW BE HONEST
HAVE YOU
TRIED
OF ALL
THE DRUNKS
WHO DRIVE ON SUNDAY
SOME ARE STILL
ALIVE ON MONDAY
THERE'S NO WHISKER
IT WON'T SOFTEN
SHAVE 'EM CLOSE
AND NOT
SO OFTEN
"AT EASE," SHE SAID
"MANEUVERS BEGIN"
WHEN YOU GET
THOSE WHISKERS
OFF YOUR CHIN"
IF HUGGING
ON HIGHWAYS
IS YOUR SPORT
TRADE IN YOUR CAR
FOR A DAVENPORT
SUBSTITUTES
LIKE UNSEEN BARTER
OFTEN MAKE ONE
SAD
BUT SMARTER
SHAVING BRUSH
IN ARMY PACK
WAS STRAW THAT BROKE
THE ROOKIE'S BACK
USE BRUSHLESS
TRAVELING MEN
KNOW EASE
AND SPEED
THEIR SHAVING KITS
HOLD WHAT THEY NEED
A GIRL
SHOULD HOLD ON
TO HER YOUTH
BUT NOT
WHEN HE'S DRIVING

WHAT YOU SHOUTED
MAY BE TRUE,
BUT
DID YOU HEAR
WHAT HE CALLED YOU?

MAYBE YOU CAN'T
SHOULDER A GUN
BUT YOU CAN SHOULDER
THE COST OF ONE
BUY DEFENSE BONDS

BUYING DEFENSE BONDS
MEANS MONEY LENT
SO THEY
DON'T COST YOU
ONE RED CENT

TO MOST BRUSH SHAVERS
IT'S QUITE CLEAR
THE YANKS AREN'T COMING
THE YANKS ARE HERE
USE BRUSHLESS

 

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