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Burma-Shave
Burma-Shave signs were a clever and welcome
advertising diversion along America's highways from 1925 to 1963.
Signs were placed at intervals along the road -- each
showing a line of a 4-part rhyme, with the last sign usually reading
"Burma-Shave".
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The one that
drives
When he's been drinkin'
Depends on you
To do his thinkin'
BURMA-SHAVE |
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Passing
School Zone
Take it slow
Let our little
Shavers grow
BURMA-SHAVE |
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Car in ditch
Driver in tree
The moon was full
And so was he
BURMA-SHAVE |
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Speed was
high
Weather was hot
Trees were thin
X marks the spot
BURMA-SHAVE |
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The midnight
ride
Of Paul for beer
Led to a warmer
Atmosphere
BURMA-SHAVE |
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Around the
curve
Lickety split
Beautiful car
Wasn't it
BURMA-SHAVE |
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Don't lose
your head
To gain a minute
You need your head
Your brains are in it
BURMA-SHAVE |
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Drove too
long
Drivers snoozing
What happened next
Is not amusing
BURMA-SHAVE |
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Trains don't
wander
All over the map
Cause nobody sits
In the engineers lap
BURMA-SHAVE |
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A guy who
drives
A car wide open
Is not thinkin'
He's just hopin'
BURMA-SHAVE |
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Brother
speeder
Let's rehearse
All together
Good morning nurse
BURMA-SHAVE |
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If hugging
on highways
Is your sport
Trade your car
For a davenport
BURMA-SHAVE |
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No matter
the price
No matter how new
The best safety device
In the car is you
BURMA-SHAVE |
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At
intersections
Look each way
A harp sounds nice
But it's hard to play
Burma-Shave |
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Both hands
on the wheel
Eyes on the road
That's the skillful
Driver's code
BURMA-SHAVE |
If the above tell a friend doesn't
work please use this one:
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