Burma Shave Slogans of the Fifties

[George Thompson]

The children among us will not know that Burma Shave was a brand of
shaving soap which posted these rhymes on sets of small signs by the
roadside, each line on a separate sign.

GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.

----- Original Message -----
From: Wilson Gray <wilson.gray at RCN.COM>
Date: Sunday, January 30, 2005 3:10 am
Subject: Re: Burma Shave Slogans of the Fifties

> A couple from the 'Forties:
>
> We know
> How much
> You love that gal
> But use both hands
> When driving, pal
> Burma-Shave
>
> Car in ditch
> Man in tree
> Moon was full
> So was he
> Burma-Shave
>
> -Wilson Gray
>
> On Jan 30, 2005, at 2:45 AM, Jerry E Kane wrote:
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> > Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Poster:       Jerry E Kane <Jerryekane at AOL.COM>
> > Subject:      Burma Shave Slogans of the Fifties
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> > Burma Shave Slogans of the Fifties
> > http://www.fiftiesweb.com/burma.htm
> >
> > Shaving brushes
> > You'll soon see 'em
> > On a shelf
> > In some museum
> > Burma-Shave
> >
> > His cheek
> > Was rough
> > His chick vamoosed
> > And now she won't
> > Come home to roost
> > Burma-Shave
> >
> > On curves ahead
> > Remember, sonny
> > That rabbit's foot
> > Didn't save
> > The bunny
> > Burma-Shave
> >
> > If your peach
> > Keeps out
> > Of reach
> > Better practice
> > What we preach
> > Burma-Shave
> >
> >
> > Jerry E Kane
> > Los Angeles, CA
> >
>