Burma Shave

Catch The New Wave Of Burma-Shave! A tribute to Burma Shave signs -- The Burma-Shave story and original verses. With Java animation and a Midi Jukebox.

Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign!

During WW II, homesick GI's would erect Burma-Shave look-alike signs in Alaska, Germany, and even Antarctica! Eventually, about 7,000 sets of verses were posted along highways in 44 states. A sign crew with just 8 trucks maintained all the signs. The road men calling themselves "PHD's" (Post-Hole Diggers) changed the verses at least once a year and replaced any broken signs. Most farmers were more than willing to allow the signs to be erected on their land, for little more than a case of the product each year.
The little Burma-Shave company grew to $3 million in annual sales.

Americana

Few things recall America's lost innocence better than those old
Burma-Shave signs that flourished in a time of family picnics and quiet
Sundays at Grandma's house.

The signs remain in the memory of people who can recall a different,
less hurried way of doing business in America.

They could be called Signs of the times
Here are some original Burma-Shave rhymes

OUR FORTUNE IS YOUR SHAVEN FACE IT'S OUR BEST ADVERTISING SPACE BURMA-SHAVE	WE'VE MADE GRANDPA LOOK SO TRIM THE LOCAL DRAFT BOARD'S AFTER HIM BURMA-SHAVE	PEDRO WALKED BACK HOME, BY GOLLY HIS BRISTLY CHIN WAS HOT-TO-MOLLY BURMA-SHAVE
THE POOREST GUY IN THE HUMAN RACE CAN HAVE A MILLION DOLLAR FACE BURMA-SHAVE	WHEN THE STORK DELIVERS A BOY OUR WHOLE DARN FACTORY JUMPS FOR JOY BURMA-SHAVE	THIRTY DAYS HATH SEPTEMBER APRIL, JUNE AND THE SPEED OFFENDER BURMA-SHAVE
THE BIG BLUE TUBE'S JUST LIKE LOUISE YOU GET A THRILL FROM EVERY SQUEEZE BURMA-SHAVE	IF DAISIES ARE YOUR FAVORITE FLOWER KEEP PUSHIN' UP THOSE MILES-PER-HOUR BURMA-SHAVE	SUBSTITUTES CAN LET YOU DOWN QUICKER THAN A STRAPLESS GOWN BURMA-SHAVE
TRAIN APPROACHING WHISTLE SQUEALING PAUSE! AVOID THAT RUNDOWN FEELING! BURMA-SHAVE	TO KISS A MUG THAT'S LIKE A CACTUS TAKES MORE NERVE THAN IT DOES PRACTICE BURMA-SHAVE	"NO, NO," SHE SAID TO HER BRISTLY BEAU "I'D RATHER EAT THE MISTLETOE" BURMA-SHAVE
IF YOUR PEACH KEEPS OUT OF REACH BETTER PRACTICE WHAT WE PREACH BURMA-SHAVE	THIS CREAM MAKES THE GARDENER'S DAUGHTER PLANT HER TU-LIPS WHERE SHE OUGHTER BURMA-SHAVE	UNLESS YOUR FACE IS STINGER FREE YOU'D BETTER LET YOUR HONEY BE BURMA-SHAVE
MANY A FOREST USED TO STAND WHERE A LIGHTED MATCH GOT OUT OF HAND BURMA-SHAVE	SHE EYED HIS BEARD AND SAID, "NO DICE THE WEDDING'S OFF- I'LL COOK THE RICE" BURMA-SHAVE	THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR THE CARS WAS WHIZZIN' THE FAULT WAS HERS THE FUNERAL HIS'N BURMA-SHAVE
DON'T TRY PASSING ON A SLOPE UNLESS YOU HAVE A PERISCOPE BURMA-SHAVE	FREE OFFER! FREE OFFER! RIP A FENDER OFF YOUR CAR MAIL IT IN FOR A HALF-POUND JAR BURMA-SHAVE	FREE - FREE A TRIP TO MARS FOR 900 EMPTY JARS BURMA-SHAVE
BE A MODERN PAUL REVERE SPREAD THE NEWS FROM EAR TO EAR BURMA-SHAVE	A CHRISTMAS HUG A BIRTHDAY KISS AWAITS THE WOMAN WHO GIVES THIS BURMA-SHAVE	HENRY THE EIGHTH SURE HAD TROUBLE SHORT TERM WIVES LONG TERM STUBBLE BURMA-SHAVE
THE BEARDED LADY TRIED A JAR SHE'S NOW A FAMOUS MOVIE STAR BURMA-SHAVE	SHE PUT A BULLET THRU HIS HAT BUT HE'S HAD CLOSER SHAVES THAN THAT BURMA-SHAVE	BACHELORS QUARTERS DOG ON THE RUG WHISKERS TO BLAME NO ONE TO HUG BURMA-SHAVE
IF YOU THINK SHE LIKES YOUR BRISTLES WALK BARE-FOOTED THROUGH SOME THISTLES BURMA-SHAVE	A CHIN WHERE BARBED WIRE BRISTLES STAND IS BOUND TO BE A NO MA'AMS LAND BURMA-SHAVE	PAST SCHOOLHOUSES TAKE IT SLOW LET THE LITTLE SHAVERS GROW BURMA-SHAVE
THE ONE WHO DRIVES WHEN HE'S BEEN DRINKING DEPENDS ON YOU TO DO HIS THINKING BURMA-SHAVE	USE THIS CREAM A DAY OR TWO THEN DON'T CALL HER SHE'LL CALL YOU BURMA-SHAVE	SUBSTITUTES ARE LIKE A GIRDLE THEY FIND SOME JOBS THEY JUST CAN'T HURDLE BURMA-SHAVE
HE HAD THE RING HE HAD A FLAT SHE FELT HIS CHIN AND THAT WAS THAT BURMA-SHAVE	ANGELS WHO GUARD YOU WHEN YOU DRIVE USUALLY RETIRE AT SIXTY-FIVE BURMA-SHAVE	DRINKING DRIVERS NOTHING WORSE THEY PUT THE QUART BEFORE THE HEARSE BURMA-SHAVE
BROTHER SPEEDERS LET'S REHEARSE ALL TOGETHER "GOOD MORNING, NURSE!" BURMA-SHAVE	CANDIDATE SAYS CAMPAIGN CONFUSING BABIES KISS ME SINCE I'VE BEEN USING BURMA-SHAVE	IS HE LONESOME OR JUST BLIND THIS GUY WHO DRIVES SO CLOSE BEHIND? BURMA-SHAVE
BEN MET ANNA MADE A HIT NEGLECTED BEARD BEN-ANNA SPLIT BURMA-SHAVE	DON'T TAKE A CURVE AT SIXTY PER WE'D HATE TO LOSE A CUSTOMER BURMA SHAVE	HER CHARIOT RACED AT EIGHTY PER THEY HAULED AWAY WHAT HAD BEN HUR BURMA-SHAVE
IF MAN BITES DOGGIE THAT IS NEWS IF FACE SCARES DOGGIE BETTER USE BURMA-SHAVE	IF YOU PASS ON THE YELLOW LINE HOPE THE FUNERAL'S YOURS, NOT MINE BURMA-SHAVE	CATTLE CROSSING MEANS GO SLOW THAT OLD BULL IS SOME COW'S BEAU BURMA-SHAVE
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHOSE SIGNS THESE ARE YOU CAN'T HAVE DRIVEN VERY FAR BURMA-SHAVE	GRANDPA'S BEARD WAS STIFF AND COURSE AND THAT'S WHAT CAUSED HIS FIFTH DIVORCE BURMA-SHAVE	WITHIN THIS VALE OF TOIL AND SIN YOUR HEAD GROWS BALD BUT NOT YOUR CHIN BURMA-SHAVE
HE LIT A MATCH TO CHECK GAS TANK THAT'S WHY THEY CALL HIM SKINLESS FRANK BURMA-SHAVE	MY JOB IS KEEPING FACES CLEAN AND NOBODY KNOWS DE STUBBLE I'VE SEEN 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	THE MONKEY TOOK ONE LOOK AT JIM AND THREW THE PEANUTS BACK AT HIM HE NEEDED BURMA-SHAVE	JUST THIS ONCE AND JUST FOR FUN WE'LL LET YOU FINISH WHAT WE'VE BEGUN ? ? ?
OF ALL THE DRUNKS WHO DRIVE ON SUNDAY SOME ARE STILL ALIVE ON MONDAY BURMA-SHAVE	TRAIN WRECKS FEW REASON CLEAR FIREMAN NEVER HUGS ENGINEER BURMA-SHAVE	SUBSTITUTES THAT PROMISE PERFECTION ARE LIKE SOME CANDIDATES AFTER ELECTION BURMA-SHAVE
IF HUGGING ON HIGHWAYS IS YOUR SPORT TRADE IN YOUR CAR FOR A DAVENPORT BURMA-SHAVE	A NUT AT THE WHEEL A PEACH AT HIS RIGHT CURVE AHEAD SALAD TONIGHT BURMA-SHAVE	MANY A WOLF IS NEVER LET IN BECAUSE OF THE HAIR ON HIS CHINNY-CHIN-CHIN BURMA-SHAVE
DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD TO GAIN A MINUTE YOU NEED YOUR HEAD YOUR BRAINS ARE IN IT BURMA-SHAVE	WHY IS IT WHEN YOU TRY TO PASS THE GUY IN FRONT GOES TWICE AS FAST? BURMA-SHAVE	THE CHICK HE WED LET OUT A WHOOP FELT HIS CHIN AND FLEW THE COOP BURMA-SHAVE
SAY, BIG BOY TO GO THRU LIFE HOW'D YOU LIKE A WHISKERED WIFE? BURMA-SHAVE	STATISTICS PROVE NEAR AND FAR THAT FOLKS WHO DRIVE LIKE CRAZY--ARE! BURMA-SHAVE	RIOT AT DRUG STORE CALLING ALL CARS 100 CUSTOMERS 99 JARS BURMA-SHAVE
TRAINS DON'T WANDER ALL OVER THE MAP FOR NO ONE SITS ON THE ENGINEER'S LAP BURMA-SHAVE	THAT SHE COULD COOK HE HAD HIS DOUBTS UNTIL SHE CREAMED HIS BRISTLE SPROUTS WITH BURMA-SHAVE	HE SAW THE TRAIN HE TRIED TO DUCK IT KICKED FIRST THE GAS AND THEN THE BUCKET BURMA-SHAVE
THE MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL FOR BEER LED TO A WARMER HEMISPHERE BURMA-SHAVE	YOU KNOW YOUR ONIONS LETTUCE SUPPOSE THIS BEET 'EM ALL DON'T TURNIP YOUR NOSE BURMA-SHAVE	PROPER DISTANCE TO HIM WAS BUNK THEY PULLED HIM OUT OF SOME GUY'S TRUNK BURMA-SHAVE
IF HARMONY IS WHAT YOU CRAVE THEN GET A TUBA BURMA-SHAVE	THIS WILL NEVER COME TO PASS A BACK-SEAT DRIVER OUT OF GAS BURMA-SHAVE	A GUY WHO WANTS TO MIDDLE-AISLE IT MUST NEVER SCRATCH HIS LITTLE VIOLET BURMA-SHAVE
SHE KISSED THE HAIRBRUSH BY MISTAKE SHE THOUGHT IT WAS HER HUSBAND JAKE BURMA-SHAVE	DINAH DOESN'T TREAT HIM RIGHT BUT IF HE'D SHAVE DYNA-MITE! BURMA-SHAVE	'TWOULD BE MORE FUN TO GO BY AIR IF WE COULD PUT THESE SIGNS UP THERE BURMA-SHAVE
A MAN - A MISS A CAR - A CURVE HE KISSED THE MISS AND MISSED THE CURVE BURMA-SHAVE	THE BLACKENED FOREST SMOLDERS YET BECAUSE HE FLIPPED A CIGARETTE BURMA-SHAVE	IT'S BEST FOR ONE WHO HITS THE BOTTLE TO LET ANOTHER USE THE THROTTLE BURMA-SHAVE
SAID FARMER BROWN WHO'S BALD ON TOP "WISH I COULD ROTATE THE CROP" BURMA-SHAVE	HEAVEN'S LATEST NEOPHYTE SIGNALLED LEFT THEN TURNED RIGHT BURMA-SHAVE	GRANDPA'S OUT WITH JUNIOR'S DATE OLD TECHNIQUE WITH BRAND NEW BAIT BURMA-SHAVE
THIS IS NOT A CLEVER VERSE I TRIED AND TRIED BUT JUST GOT WORSE BURMA-SHAVE	THE HOBO LETS HIS WHISKERS SPROUT IT'S TRAINS--NOT GIRLS THAT HE TAKES OUT BURMA-SHAVE	HINKY-DINKY PARLEY VOO CHEER UP THE FACE THE WAR IS THRU BURMA-SHAVE
SAID JULIET TO ROMEO "IF YOU WON'T SHAVE GO HOMEO" BURMA-SHAVE	WILD MEN PULLED THEIR WHISKERS OUT THAT'S WHAT MADE THEM WILD NO DOUBT BURMA-SHAVE	AROUND THE CURVE LICKETY-SPLIT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CAR WASN'T IT? BURMA-SHAVE
A GIRL SHOULD HOLD ON TO HER YOUTH BUT NOT WHEN HE'S DRIVING BURMA-SHAVE	ON CURVES AHEAD REMEMBER, SONNY THAT RABBIT'S FOOT DIDN'T SAVE THE BUNNY BURMA-SHAVE	LISTEN BIRDS THESE SIGNS COST MONEY SO ROOST AWHILE BUT DON'T GET FUNNY BURMA-SHAVE
DON'T STICK YOUR ELBOW OUT SO FAR IT MIGHT GO HOME IN ANOTHER CAR BURMA-SHAVE	IF WIFIE SHUNS YOUR FOND EMBRACE DON'T SHOOT THE ICEMAN FEEL YOUR FACE BURMA-SHAVE	IF YOU DISLIKE BIG TRAFFIC FINES SLOW DOWN 'TILL YOU CAN READ THESE SIGNS BURMA-SHAVE
"AT EASE," SHE SAID "MANEUVERS BEGIN WHEN YOU GET THOSE WHISKERS OFF YOUR CHIN" BURMA-SHAVE	CAR IN DITCH DRIVER IN TREE MOON WAS FULL AND SO WAS HE BURMA-SHAVE	A PEACH LOOKS GOOD WITH LOTS OF FUZZ BUT MAN'S NO PEACH AND NEVER WAS BURMA-SHAVE
	HE MARRIED GRACE WITH SCRATCHY FACE HE ONLY GOT ONE DAY OF GRACE! BURMA-SHAVE

Now do these signs bring back old memories?

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