The Burma-Shave Legend

1950

HIS CHEEK
WAS ROUGH
HIS CHICK
VAMOOSED
AND NOW SHE WON'T
COME HOME TO ROOST

A WHISKERY KISS
FOR THE ONE
YOU ADORE
MAY NOT MAKE HER MAD
BUT HER FACE WILL BE SORE
TWINKLE, TWINKLE
ONE-EYED CAR
WE ALL WONDER
WHERE
YOU ARE

BURMA-SHAVE
WAS SUCH A BOOM
THEY PASSED THE BRIDE
AND KISSED
THE GROOM

ON CURVES AHEAD
REMEMBER, SONNY
THAT RABBIT'S FOOT
DIDN'T SAVE
THE BUNNY
THESE SIGNS
WE GLADLY
DEDICATE
TO MEN WHO'VE HAD
NO DATE OF LATE
WHEN
SUPER-SHAVED
REMEMBER, PARD
YOU'LL STILL GET SLAPPED
BUT NOT SO HARD
IF YOUR PEACH
KEEPS OUT
OF REACH
BETTER PRACTICE
WHAT WE PREACH
HIS BRUSH IS GONE
SO WHAT'LL WE DO
SAID
MIKE ROBE I
TO MIKE ROBE II
A GUY
WHO DRIVES
A CAR WIDE OPEN
IS NOT THINKIN'
HE'S JUST HOPIN'
THE PLACE TO PASS
ON CURVES
YOU KNOW
IS ONLY AT
A BEAUTY SHOW
TO KISS
A MUG
THAT'S LIKE CACTUS
TAKES MORE NERVE
THAN IT DOES PRACTICE
THE WHALE
PUT JONAH
DOWN THE HATCH
BUT COUGHED HIM UP
BECAUSE HE SCRATCHED
DOESN'T
KISS YOU
LIKE SHE USETER?
PERHAPS SHE'S SEEN
A SMOOTHER ROOSTER!
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
ROSES ARE PINK
ON GRAVES
OF THOSE
WHO DRIVE AND DRINK
NO USE
KNOWING
HOW TO PICK 'EM
IF YOUR HALF-SHAVED
WHISKERS STICK 'EM
CANDIDATE SAYS
CAMPAIGN
CONFUSING
BABIES KISS ME
SINCE I'VE BEEN USING
HE TRIED
TO CROSS
AS FAST TRAIN NEARED
DEATH DIDN'T DRAFT HIM
HE VOLUNTEERED
MY JOB IS
KEEPING FACES CLEAN
AND NOBODY KNOWS
DE STUBBLE
I'VE SEEN

HER CHARIOT
RACED 80 PER
THEY HAULED AWAY
WHAT HAD
BEN HUR

SHE WILL
FLOOD YOUR FACE
WITH KISSES
'CAUSE YOU SMELL
SO DARN DELICIOUS

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IT HAS A TINGLE
AND A TANK
THAT STARTS
THE DAY OFF
WITH A BANG

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USE BURMA-SHAVE
IN TUBE
OR JAR
THEN FOLLOW UP
WITH OUR NEW STAR

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BRACING AS
AN OCEAN BREEZE
FOR AFTER SHAVING
IT'S SURE
TO PLEASE

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FOR EARLY
MORNING
PEP AND BOUNCE
A BRAND NEW PRODUCT
WE ANNOUNCE

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THE LADIES
TAKE ONE WHIFF
AND PURR -
IT'S NO WONDER
MEN PREFER

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HIS FACE
WAS SMOOTH
AND COOL AS ICE
AND OH! LOUISE!
HE SMELLED SO NICE

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