The Burma-Shave Legend

1948

ROAD
WAS SLIPPERY
CURVE WAS SHARP
WHITE ROBE, HALO
WINGS AND HARP

SPEED
WAS HIGH
WEATHER WAS NOT
TIRES WERE THIN
X MARKS THE SPOT

HAT AND TIE
SMART AND CLEAN
SPACE BETWEEN
SPOILED THE SCENE
HE SHOULD USE

WHY WORK UP
A DAILY LATHER
ONCE YOU'VE TRIED
WE'RE SURE
YOU'D RATHER

THE BOY WHO GETS
HIS GIRL'S APPLAUSE
MUST ACT
NOT LOOK
LIKE SANTA CLAUS
THE MORE
YOU SHAVE
THE BRUSHLESS WAY
THE MORE YOU'LL BE
INCLINED TO SAY -
SUBSTITUTES AND
IMITATIONS
SEND 'EM TO
YOUR WIFE'S
RELATIONS
IT'S NOT
HOW FAST OR SLOW
YOU DRIVE
THE QUESTION IS
HOW YOU ARRIVE
HIGHWAYS ARE
NO PLACE
TO SLEEP
STOP YOUR CAR
TO COUNT YOUR SHEEP
A MAN WHO PASSES
OH HILLS AND CURVES
IS NOT A MAN
OF IRON NERVES -
HE'S CRAZY!
THE MINUTES
SOME FOLKS
SAVE THROUGH SPEED
THEY NEVER EVEN
LIVE TO NEED
I'VE READ
THESE SIGNS
SINCE JUST A KID
NOW THAT I SHAVE
I'M GLAD I DID
AT SCHOOL ZONES
HEED INSTRUCTIONS!
PROTECT
OUR LITTLE
TAX DEDUCTIONS
WE DON'T
KNOW HOW
TO SPLIT AN ATOM
BUT AS FOR WHISKERS
LET US AT 'EM
REGARDLESS OF
POLITICAL VIEWS
ALL GOOD PARTIES
ALWAYS
CHOOSE
PAPER HANGERS
WITH THE HIVES
NOW CAN
SHAVE WITH
CARVING KNIVES
THE MIDNIGHT RIDE
OF PAUL
FOR BEER
LED TO A
WARMER HEMISPHERE
WILD MEN PULLED
THEIR WHISKERS OUT
THAT'S WHAT MADE
THEM WILD
NO DOUBT -
LOOK
DON'T LISTEN
POP IS TRYING
A SUBSTITUTE
INSTEAD OF BUYING

A MAN
A MISS
A CAR - A CURVE
HE KISSED THE MISS
AND MISSED THE CURVE

LITTLE BO-PEEP
HAS LOST HER JEEP
IT STRUCK
A TRUCK
WHEN SHE WENT TO SLEEP

WHISKERS
EASY COME,
YOU KNOW
WHY NOT MAKE THEM
EASY GO?

BARGAIN HUNTERS
GATHER 'ROUND
FOR FIFTY CENTS
STILL
HALF A POUND

FROM NEW YORK TOWN
TO PUMPKIN HOLLER
STILL
HALF A POUND
FOR HALF A DOLLAR

OTHER THINGS HAVE
GONE SKY HIGH
HALF A DOLLAR
STILL WILL BUY
HALF POUND JAR

A BIG
IMPROVEMENT
SINCE THE WAR
IS NOW ON SALE
IN YOUR DRUG STORE
TUBE IMMENSE
STILL
35 CENTS
EASY SHAVING
LOW EXPENSE

 

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