The Burma-Shave Legend

1945

MANY A WOLF
IS NEVER LET IN
BECAUSE OF THE HAIR
ON HIS
CHINNY-CHIN-CHIN

SHE RAISED CAIN
WHEN HE RAISED STUBBLE
GUESS WHAT
SMOOTHED AWAY
THEIR TROUBLE?

BIG MISTAKE
MANY MAKE
RELY ON HORN
INSTEAD OF
BRAKE

FROM STATISTICS
THAT WE GATHER
THE SWING IS TO
NO BRUSH
NO LATHER

NO MAN CAN REALLY
DO HIS STUFF
WITH A FACE THAT'S SORE
OR A CHIN
THAT'S ROUGH
FIRST MEN BUY IT
THAN APPLY IT
THEN ADVISE
THEIR FRIENDS
TO TRY IT
IF THESE
SIGNS BLUR
AND BOUNCE AROUND
YOU'D BETTER PARK
AND WALK TO TOWN
THIS IS NOT
A CLEVER VERSE
I TRIED
AND TRIED
BUT JUST GOT WORSE
YOU CAN BEAT
A MILE A MINUTE
BUT THERE AIN'T
NO FUTURE
IN IT
SLEEP IN A CHAIR
NOTHING TO LOSE
BUT A NAP
AT THE WHEEL
IS A PERMANENT SNOOZE
LIFE WITH FATHER
IS MORE PLEASANT
SINCE
HE GOT HIS
BIRTHDAY PRESENT
TO A SUBSTITUTE
HE GAVE A TRIAL
IT TOOK OFF
NOTHING
BUT HIS SMILE
IT SPREADS SO SMOOTH
IT SHAVES SO SLICK
IT FEELS
LIKE VELVET
AND IT'S QUICK
'TWOULD BE
MORE FUN
TO GO BY AIR
IF WE COULD PUT
THESE SIGNS UP THERE
HIS LINE WAS SMOOTH
BUT NOT HIS CHIN
HE TOOK HER OUT
SHE TOOK HIM IN
TO BUY SOME
DRINKING DRIVERS
ENHANCE THEIR
CHANCE
TO HIGHBALL HOME
IN AN AMBULANCE
WHY DOES A CHICKEN
CROSS THE STREET?
SHE SEES A GUY
SHE'D LIKE TO MEET
HE USES
THE CHICK
HE WED
LET OUT A SHOOP
FELT HIS CHIN AND
FLEW THE COOP
TESTED
IN PEACE
PROVEN IN WAR
BETTER NOW
THAN EVER BEFORE

BOTH HANDS
ON WHEEL
EYES ON ROAD
THAT'S THE SKILLFUL
DRIVER'S CODE

 

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