HISTORY OF THE BURMA SHAVE SIGNS IN AMERICA:
America in the 1930's was torn by the Great Depression. Spirits were low.
But here was a little company brightening the countryside with cheerful rhymes...and at the same time advertising their product.
The signs brought a lightheartedness to a nation in hard times.
Burma Shave (Shaving Cream) signs the were so much fun to look forward to when traveling on roads across the United States.
DRIVING DOWN MEMORY LANE
with Burma Shave signs!
Do these bring back any old memories?
If not, you're merely a child.
If they do - then you're old as dirt...
SHE WILL
FLOOD YOUR FACE
WITH KISSES 'CAUSE YOU SMELL
SO DARN DELICIOUS
Burma Shave
THIS CREAM MAKES THE
GARDENER'S DAUGHTER
PLANT HER TU-LIPS
WHERE SHE OUGHTER
BURMA-SHAVE
DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD
TO GAIN A MINUTE
YOU NEED YOUR HEAD
YOUR BRAINS ARE IN IT
Burma Shave
SHE EYED HIS BEARD
AND SAID, "NO DICE
THE WEDDING'S OFF-
I'LL COOK THE RICE"
Burma Shave
CAUTIOUS RIDER
TO HER RECKLESS DEAR
LET'S HAVE LESS BULL
AND MORE STEER
Burma Shave
LISTEN BIRDS
THESE SIGNS COST MONEY
SO ROOST AWHILE
BUT DON'T GET FUNNY
Burma Shave
THIS WILL NEVER
COME TO PASS
A BACK-SEAT DRIVER
OUT OF GAS
Burma Shave
FOLLOWING TOO CLOSE
WAS A LOT OF BUNK
TILL THEY PULLED HIM
FROM SOMEONES TRUNK
Burma Shave
USE THIS CREAM
A DAY OR TWO
THEN DON'T CALL HER
SHE'LL CALL YOU
Burma Shave
THE MIDNIGHT RIDE
OF PAUL FOR BEER
LED TO A WARMER
HEMISPHERE
Burma Shave
DON'T STICK YOUR ELBOW
OUT SO FAR
IT MAY GO HOME
IN ANOTHER CAR
Burma Shave
DOESN'T KISS YOU
LIKE SHE USETER?
PERHAPS SHE'S SEEN
A SMOOTHER ROOSTER!!
Burma Shave
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