The Burma-Shave Legend

1943

EVERY SHAVER
NOW CAN SNORE
SIX MORE MINUTES
THAN BEFORE
BY USING

ONE POUND JAR 85 CENTS
HALF POUND JAR 50 CENTS
BIG TUBE
DON'T PUT IT OFF
PUT IN ON

HALF A POUND
FOR
HALF A DOLLAR
SPREAD ON THIN
ABOVE THE COLLAR

SHAVING BRUSHES
YOU'LL SOON SEE 'EM
ON THE SHELF
IN SOME
MUSEUM

DOES YOUR HUSBAND
MISBEHAVE
GRUNT AND GRUMBLE
RANT AND RAVE
SHOOT THE BRUTE SOME
IT'S A GOOD
OLD SPANISH CUSTOM
TAKE YOUR MUG
AND BRUSH
AND BUST 'EM
EARLY TO BED
EARLY TO RISE
WAS MEANT FOR THOSE
OLD FASHIONED GUYS
WHO DON'T USE
WITHIN THIS VALE
OF TOIL
AND SIN
YOUR HEAD GROWS BALD
BUT NOT YOUR CHIN - USE
SLAP
THE JAP
WITH
IRON
SCRAP
THE CANNONEERS
WITH HAIRY EARS
ON WIRY WHISKERS
USED TIN SHEARS
UNTIL THEY FOUND
FILM PROTECTS
YOUR NECK
AND CHIN
SO YOUR RAZOR
WON'T DIG IN
THO TOUGH
AND ROUGH
FROM WIND AND WAVE
YOUR CHEEK GROWS SLEEK
WITH

 

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