Rain and Snow
Sleet and Ice
Old Car Nuts
Think it's Nice
Burma Shave

Les Newcomer --

Hands on wheel
eyes on road
That's the skillful
driver's code
Burma Shave

My wife Jackie remembers this from 1938. --

Drinking drivers
Enhance their chance
To highball home
In an ambulance.
Burma Shave

Thanks to Robert H. Ries bries@winfinity.com

The cannoneers
With hairy ears
On wiry whiskers
Used tin shears.
Burma Shave

Thanks to Robert H. Ries" bries@winfinity.com

Grab Your Pants
Hold Onto Your Load
You're About To Take A Ride
Down Thunder Road
Burma Shave

Thanks toWVRenegade@aol.com

Barefoot Boy
With Cheeks Of Tan
Won't Let Them Chap
When He's A Man
Burma Shave

Thanks to Bill Gerrells bill@pcparts.net

Following To Close
Was A Lot Of Bunk
Till They Pulled Him
From Someones Trunk
Burma Shave

Thanks to W.L. Dickey dickey1@nycap.rr.com - New Hampshire about 45-50 years ago.

The Wolf Is Shaved
So Neat And Trim
Red Riding Hood
Is Chasing Him
Burma Shave

Thanks to Norman Verrill, Auburn, MaineNormVerr@aol.com

Tear The Fender Off
Your Old Car
Trade It In
For A Half-pound jar
Burma Shave

Thanks to A.H. (ED) Speairs ginis@palmnet.net

Don't Kiss Your Girlfriend
At The Gate
Love May Be Blind
But The Neighbors ain't!
Burma Shave

Thanks to John Doe NewName@mail.digiweb.com>

Folk's Wouldn't Feel
In So Much Danger
If We Still Had
The Ol' Lone Ranger
Burma Shave

Thanks to John Doe NewName@mail.digiweb.com>

They Missed The Turn
Car Went Wizzin
Fault was her'n
Furneral his'n
Burma Shave

Thanks to The Hamilton's" hamilton@power-tech.net

Train Wrecks Few
Reason Clear
Fireman Never Hugs
Engineer
Burma Shave

Thanks to Martin L. Wogaman; wogaman@ols-inc.com

Fuzzy Wuzzie Was A Bear
Fuzzy Wuzzie Had No Hair
So Fuzzy Wuzzie
Wasn't Fuzzie Wuzzie
Burma Shave

Thanks to Thomas E. Nason tnason@syix.com

Don't Stick Your Elbow
Out To Far
It Might Go Home
In Another Car
Burma Shave

Thanks to Thomas E. Nason tnason@syix.com

Do Not Pass
On Curve Or Hill
If The Cops Don't Catch You
The Morticians Will
Burma Shave

Thanks to Thomas E. Nason tnason@syix.com

Win A Free Trip
To Mars
For Only 100
Empty Jars
Burma Shave

Thanks to Pat Lehnert Pauljst@hotmail.com
A person sent in 100 jars and won a trip to Mars, Germany.

Wild Men Pulled
Their Whiskers Out
That's What Made Them
Wild, No Doubt
Burma Shave

Thanks to Dallas Dickson dallasd@electriciti.com

The Monkey Took
One Look At Jim
And Threw The Peanuts
Back At Him
Burma Shave

Thanks to DMARX DMARX@prodigy.net

College Boys!
Your Courage Muster
Shave Off That Fuzzy
Cookie Duster
Burma Shave

Thanks to Victoria Woodpacpubs@earthlink.net

Slow Down, Pa!
Sakes Alive
Ma Missed Signs
Four And Five
Burma Shave

Thanks to Hugh Taylor taylor@hugh.com

Why Does A Chicken
Cross The Street?
She Sees A Guy
She'd Like To Meet
Burma Shave

Thanks to Carol B. Isaacs carolbi@arols.com

It Makes
The Farmer's Daughter
Plant Her Tulips
Where She Oughter
Burma Shave

Thanks to Len hurdle2@bellatlantic.net

True Is The Instinct
In Man Which Salutes
The Tiny Percentage
Who Die In Their Boots
Burma Shave

Thanks to Gary E. Miller garymiller@worldnet.att.net -- one of my own.

"Shiver my Timbers,"
said Captain Mack;
"We're Ten Knots Out,
But We're Turning Back;
I Forgot My Burma Shave

Thanks to James Whitmer jwhitlbp@dotstar.net

Guys Who Want To
Middle-aisle It
Should Never Scratch
Their Shrinking Violet
Burma Shave

Thanks to James Whitmer jwhitlbp@dotstar.net

You Don't Have A Care
You Don't Have A Worry
You've Reached A Point
Where You Don't Have To Hurry
Burma Shave

Thanks to Jerre J. Schermerhorn jamesr@elkgrove.net

Within This Vale
Of Toil And Sin
Your Head Grows Bald
But Not Your Chin
Burma Shave

Thanks to Jerre J. Schermerhorn jamesr@elkgrove.net

Just This Once
And Just For Fun
We'll Let You Finish
What We've Begun
?????

Thanks to Jerre J. Schermerhorn jamesr@elkgrove.net

Other Creams
Are Like A Girdle
They Find Some Jobs
They Just Can't Hurdle
Burma Shave

Thanks to Thomas F. Sanders tomlou@dialnet.net

There'd Be More Traffic
In The Air
If We Could Put
These Signs Up There!
Burma Shave

Thanks to Bob & Virginia Jonesjones@clinton.net

Said Farmer Jones
Who's Bald On Top
I Wish I Could
Rotate The Crop
Burma Shave

Thanks to Scott Thiele sthiele1@ix.netcom.com

A Nut At The Wheel
A Peach At His Right
Curve Ahead
Salad Tonight
Burma Shave

Thanks to Ed McAllister Ed-McAllister@worldnet.att.net

He Saw The Train
He Tried To Duck It
Kicked First The Gas
And Then The Bucket
Burma Shave

Thanks to Pam Wagner - PamWagner@msn.com

He Lit a Match
To Check The Tank
That's Why They Call Him
Skinless Frank
Burma Shave

Thanks to Donna Hardenburg - hardend@wpgate1.wpafb.af.mil

Candidate Says
Campaign Confusing
Babies Kissin Me
Since I've Been Using
Burma Shave

Thanks to Pete - CCoder@swbell.net

If Harmony
Is What
You Crave
Then Get A Tuba
Burma Shave

Thanks to Jamie Jensen" - jj@moon.com -- from his book Road Trip USA -- Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways. -- sent in by Jim Schermerhorn"

Paw Likes The Cream
Maw Likes The Jar
They Both Like The Price
So There You Are
Burma Shave

Thanks to James A. Sammons - jsammons@erinet.com

Angels
Who Guard You
When You Drive
Usually Retire At 65
Burma Shave

Thanks to L.E. Knisley- lek@postoffice.worldnet.att.net -- sent in my Don Kurtz

Don't Take That Curve
At 60 Per
We Hate To Lose
A Customer
Burma Shave

Thanks to Clifford - Cliffoid@concentric.net

Fire, Fire
Be Brave
Grab Your Pants
And.....
Burma Shave

Above was read by me in rural Michigan in the 1930's. Thanks to Paul E. Wrenn, Jr. - pwjr@jax-inter.net

Listen Birds
These Signs Cost Money
So Roost Awhile
But Don't Get Funny
Burma Shave

Above was read by me in rural Michigan in the 1930's. Thanks to - Frowan@aol.com

Burma-Shave Sign Pictures - Does anyone have any pictures of the old Burma-Shave signs, or know of anybody who does? I'm a writer doing an article for COMPRESSED AIR magazine on Burma- Shave, and I'd love to find some pictures: what I would do is take pictures of the pictures, so you don't have to give your pictures up. E-mail Bill Vossler - bvossler@delphi.com

Use Our Cream
And We Betcha
Girls Won't Wait
They'll Come And Getcha
Burma Shave

I was just curoius, but how much are sets of Burma shave signs worth these days? My grandpa bought a couple hundred sets of new signs years ago when they went out of business, and we still have a few sets of signs left that are still banded and wrapped up in paper. If interested please reply to Jeff Anderson - Mayday19@mail.idt.net

The Bearded Lady
Took A Chance
Now She's Queen
Of The Fairy Dance
Burma Shave

I must have been about 10 years old (65 years ago) when I thought this one up. Never did send it in in spite of many urgings. -- Thanks to John Lowery - tomkin@swbell.net

Trains Don't Wander
All Over The Map
Cause Nobody Sits
On The Engineers Lap
Burma Shave

Thanks to Carl Cheney - carleiko@sonic.net

Ugga-wugga
ogga-lave
igga-wigga
Burma Shave

Years ago on a Jack Benny radio drama Dennis Day was lost and crawling through a dense jungle. He was startled to see a series of signs that he read outloud. Thanks to Morgan Richardson morgan@cafes.net

Don't Try Passing
On A Slope
Unless You Have
A Periscope
Burma Shave

Thanks to Jim Nurten

Henry the 8th
Sure Had Trouble
Short Term Wives
Long Term Stubble
Burma Shave

Thanks to Jim Nurten

Bachelors Quarters
Dog On The Rug
Whiskers To Blame
No One To Hug
Burma Shave

Thanks to Bill Swanson chic@fuse.net

The Weather Was Clear
The Cars Was Whizzin
The Fault Was Hers
The Funeral his'n
Burma Shave

Thanks to Ralph Power power-ralph@wpoff.ath.epa.gov

I enjoyed reading the Burma Shave jingles. It may interest you to know my company American Safety Razor has re-introduced the Burma Shave products. We sell; handles, cartridges, shaving soap, and a Burma Shave mug. All the products are available at Wal-Mart. You'll be seeing a lot more of Burma Shave in 1997. If you have Burma Shave questions, you can contact me at (540) 248-8000. -- Steve Cochran. Manager of Sales and Market Development

Brother Speeders
Let's Rehearse
All Together
Good Morning, Nurse
Burma Shave

Thanks to Eugene eugene@access.digex.net

Train Approaching
Whistle Squealing
Pause - Avoid that
Run Down Feeling
Burma Shave

Thanks to Peg Heinze pheinze@everest.acpl.lib.in.us

Thirty days
Hath September
April, June
And the speed offender
Burma Shave

Thanks to L.E. Knisley lek@postoffice.worldnet.att.net

Angles
Who guard you
When you drive
Usually retire at 65
Burma Shave

Thanks to L.E. Knisley lek@postoffice.worldnet.att.net

Statistics prove
Near and far
That folks who
Drive like crazy
Are!
Burma Shave

Thanks to L.E. Knisley lek@postoffice.worldnet.att.net

He Had The Ring
He Had A Flat
She Felt His Chin
And That Was That
Burma Shave

Drinking Drivers
Nothing Worse
He Put The Quart
Before the Hearse
Burma Shave

If Wifie Shuns
Your Fond Embrace
Don't Shoot The Iceman
Feel Your Face
Burma Shave

My Man Won't Shave
Said Hazel Huz
But I Don't Worry
Dora's Does
Burma Shave

Substitutes
Can Let You Down
Quicker Than
A Strapless Gown
Burma Shave

Shaving Brushes
You'll Soon See'em
On The Shelf
In Some Museum
Burma Shave

Her Chariot
Raced at Eighty per
They Hauled Away
What Had Ben Hur
Burma Shave

Henry The Eighth
Prince of Friskers
Lost Five Wives
But Kept His Whiskers
Burma Shave

When You're Frisky
From Whiskey
Don't Drive 'Cause
It's Risky
Burma Shave

The Poorest Guy
In The Human Race
Can Have
A Million-dollar Face
With
Burma Shave

The Whale Put Jonah
Down The Hatch
But Coughed Him Up
Because He Scratched
Burma Shave

Car in Ditch
Driver In Tree
Moon Was Full
And So Was He
Burma Shave

Diplomacy Is
To Do And Say
The Nastiest Things
In The Nicest Way
Burma Shave

Does Your Husband Misbehave
Grunt and Grumble
Rant and Rave
Shoot The Brute Some
Burma Shave

Beneath This Stone
Lies Elmer Gush
Tickled To Death
By His Shaving Brush
Burma Shave

If You Must Sample
Her Pucker Paint
Better Drive
Where Traffic Ain't
Burma Shave

Said Juliet
To Romeo
I You
Won't Shave
Go Homeo
Burma Shave

-- thanks to - paulml@pacbell.net

The Answer To
A Maiden's
Prayer
Is Not A Chin
Of Stubby Hair
Burma Shave

-- thanks to - paulml@pacbell.net

Within This Vale
Of Toil
And Sin
Your Head Grows Bald
But Not Your Chin
Burma Shave

-- thanks to - paulml@pacbell.net

Don't Lose Your Head
To Gain A Minute
You Need Your Head
Your Brains Are In It
Burma Shave

-- thanks to Llew Smith - Llewney@webtv.net

Famous Last Words
Bright Lights That Shine
If You Won't Dim Yours
I Won't Dim Mine
Burma Shave

-- thanks to Al Moore - almor@beeble.mnscorp.com

Around The Curve
Lickety Split
Beautiful Car
Wasn't it!
Burma Shave

-- thanks to Nancy Crawford - nvcrawford@inter-linc.com

There's Hardly
A Man That's Now Alive
Who Passed On Hills
A Seventy-five
Burma Shave

-- thanks to George Jacobs - cromlech@capecod.net

A Peach Looks Good
With Lots of Fuzz
But Man's No Peach
And Never Was
Burma Shave

-- thanks to Pat Reynolds - patrww@sm1.gte.net

Train Approaching
Whistle Squealing
Pause
Avoid That
Run Down Feeling
Burma Shave

-- thanks to Peg Heinze - pheinze@everest.acpl.lib.in.us

If U Don't Know
Whose Signs These Are
U Can't Have
Driven Very Far
Burma Shave

-- thanks to Joe More - joemoore@beaches.net

Passing On Hills
And Curves, You Know
Should Only Be Done
At a Beauty Show
Burma Shave

-- thanks to Dwight Hayden - eyeman@mlode.com

In This World
Of Toil and Sin
Your Head Grows Bald
But Not Your Chin
Burma Shave

-- thanks to John Coe - J.COE@worldnet.att.net

You'll Love Your Wife
You'll Love Her Paw
You'll Even Love
Your Mother-in-law
If You Use
Burma Shave

-- thanks to Bob Taylor - rktaylor@up.net

Grandpa's Beard
Was Stiff & Coarse
And That's What
Caused His
Fifth Divorce
Burma Shave

-- thanks to Bob Taylor - rktaylor@up.net

The Chick
He Wed
Lead Out a Whoop
Felt His Chin And
Flew The Coop
Burma Shave

-- thanks to Bob Taylor - rktaylor@up.net

Ben
Met Anna
Made a Hit
Neglected Beard
Ben-anna Split
Burma Shave

-- thanks to Bob Taylor - rktaylor@up.net

Spring has sprung
The grass has riz
Over where last year's
Careless driver is.
Burma Shave

-- thanks to Bob Taylor - rktaylor@up.net

A man
A miss
A car - a curve
He kissed the miss
And missed the curve
Burma Shave

-- thanks to Howard Brooks - howardb@flash.net

A man who passes
On hills & curves
Is not a man
Of iron nerves
He's crazy
Burma Shave

-- thanks to Sue Peterson, Seattle- engenree@colfax.com

Grandpa's out
With Junior's date
Old technique
New bait
Burma Shave

-- thanks to Peg Heinze. - pheinze@everest.acpl.lib.in.us

If hugging
On highways
Is your sport
Trade in your car
For a davenport
Burma Shave

-- thanks to Peg Heinze. - pheinze@everest.acpl.lib.in.us

Don't stick
Your elbow
Out too far
It might go home
In another car
Burma Shave

-- thanks to Joseph I. Anderson Jr. - joea@htonline.com

School ahead
Take it slow
Let the little
Shavers grow
Burma Shave

Cattle crossing
Means go slow
That old bull
Is some cows beau
Burma Shave

-- thanks to Lawrence Edwards jelibean@worldnet.att.net

The blackened forest
Smolders yet
Because he flipped
A cigarette
Burma Shave

-- thanks to Lawrence Edwards