The Burma-Shave Legend

1959

THE DRAFTEE
TRIED A TUBE
AND PURRED
WELL WHADDYA KNOW
I'VE BEEN DEFURRED

MEN
WITH WHISKERS
'NEATH THEIR NOSES
OUGHTA HAVE TO KISS
LIKE ESKIMOSES
THIS COOLING SHAVE
WILL NEVER FAIL
TO STAMP
ITS USER
FIRST CLASS MALE

SAID FARMER BROWN
WHO'S BALD
ON TOP
WISH I COULD
ROTATE THE CROP

DRINKING DRIVERS -
NOTHING WORSE
THEY PUT
THE QUART
BEFORE THE HEARSE
DON'T
TRY PASSING
ON A SLOPE
UNLESS YOU HAVE
A PERISCOPE
PASSING CARS
WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE
MAY GET YOU
A GLIMPSE
OF ETERNITY
USE THIS CREAM
A DAY
OR TWO
THEN DON'T CALL HER -
SHE'LL CALL YOU
DON'T LEAVE SAFETY
TO MERE CHANCE
THAT'S WHY
BELTS ARE
SOLD WITH PANTS
THE POOREST GUY
IN THE
HUMAN RACE
CAN HAVE A
MILLION DOLLAR FACE
AT A QUIZ
PA AIN'T
NO WHIZ
BUT HE KNOWS HOW
TO KEEP MA HIS
IF DAISIES
ARE YOUR
FAVORITE FLOWER
KEEP PUSHIN' UP THOSE
MILES-PER-HOUR
MANY A FOREST
USED TO STAND
WHERE A
LIGHTED MATCH
GOT OUT OF HAND
HE LIT A MATCH
GO CHECK GAS TANK
THAT'S WHY
THEY CALL HIM
SKINLESS FRANK
BABY YOUR SKIN
KEEP IT FITTER
OR "BABY"
WILL GET
ANOTHER SITTER
THE ONE WHO
DRIVES WHEN
HE'S BEEN DRINKING
DEPENDS ON YOU
TO DO HIS THINKING

 

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