The Burma-Shave Legend

1952

THE WIFE
WHO KEEPS ON
BEING KISSED
ALWAYS HEADS
HER SHOPPING LIST

LEAVES
FACE SOFT
AS WOMAN'S TOUCH
YET DOESN'T COST YOU
NEAR AS MUCH
IS HE
LONESOME
OR JUST BLIND -
THIS GUY WHO DRIVES
SO CLOSE BEHIND?

WE CAN'T
PROVIDE YOU
WITH A DATE
BUT WE DO SUPPLY
THE BEST DARN BAIT

PEDRO
WALKED
BACK HOME BY GOLLY
HIS BRISTLY CHIN
WAS HOT-TO-MOLLY
THE WOLF
IS SHAVED
SO NEAT AND TRIM
RED RIDING HOOD
IS CHASING HIM
MISSIN'
KISSIN'
PERHAPS YOUR THRUSH
CAN'T GET THROUGH
THE UNDERBRUSH - TRY
RELIEF
FOR FACES
CHAPPED AND SORE
KEEPS 'EM COMIN'
BACK FOR MORE
CLANCY'S
WHISKERS
TICKLE NANCY
NANCY LOWERED THE BOOM
ON CLANCY!
HIS
TOMATO
WAS THE MUSHY TYPE
UNTIL HIS BEARD
GREW OVER-RIPE
A CHIN
WHERE BARBED WIRE
BRISTLES STAND
IS BOUND TO BE
A NO MA'AMS LAND
HEAVEN'S
LATEST
NEOPHYTE
SIGNALLED LEFT
THEN TURNED RIGHT
BETTER TRY
LESS SPEED PER MILE
THAT CAR
MAY HAVE TO
LAST A WHILE
HIS ROSE
IS WED
HIS VIOLET BLEW
BUT HIS SUGAR IS SWEET
SINCE HE TOOK THIS CUE
TO STEAL
A KISS
HE HAD THE KNACK
BUT LACKED THE CHEEK
TO GET ONE BACK
WHY IS IT
WHEN YOU
TRY TO PASS
THE GUY IN FRONT
GOES TWICE AS FAST?
WE'VE MADE
GRANDPA
LOOK SO TRIM
THE LOCAL
DRAFT BOARD'S AFTER HIM
SHE PUT
A BULLET
THROUGH HIS HAT
BUT HE'S HAD
CLOSER SHAVES THAN THAT
"NO, NO"
SHE SAID
TO HER BRISTLY BEAU
"I'D RATHER
EAT THE MISTLETOE"

5-STAR
GENERALS
PRIVATES 1ST CLASS
SHOW EQUAL RANK
IN THE LOOKING-GLASS

 

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