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For those who remember just sit back and recall these

Burma Save messages and comments you and your family or

friends made as you breezed by in those 1950 cars?

For those of you who never saw the Burma Shave signs, 
a quick lesson. Before Interstates, when everyone drove the 
old 2-lane roads cross country, Burma Shave signs would be 
posted all over the countryside in Farmers' fields. They were small 
red signs with white letters. Five signs, about 100 feet apart, 
each containing 1 line of a 4 line Couplet ... and the 
obligatory 5th sign identifying Burma Shave. 


DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD 
TO GAIN A MINUTE 
YOU NEED YOUR HEAD 
YOUR BRAINS ARE IN IT 
 **Burma-Shave** 

DROVE TOO LONG 
DRIVER SNOOZING 
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT 
IS NOT AMUSING 
**Burma-Shave** 

BROTHER SPEEDERS 
LET'S REHEARSE 
ALL TOGETHER 
GOOD MORNING NURSE 
**Burma-Shave** 
     
CAUTIOUS RIDER 
TO HER RECKLESS DEAR 
LET'S HAVE LESS BULL 
AND LOTS MORE STEER 
**Burma-Shave** 

THE MIDNIGHT RIDE 
OF PAUL FOR BEER 
LED TO A 
WARMER HEMISPHERE 
**Burma-Shave** 

SPEED WAS HIGH 
WEATHER WAS NOT 
TIRES WERE THIN 
X MARKS THE SPOT 
**Burma-Shave** 

AROUND THE CURVE 
LICKETY--SPLIT 
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CAR 
WASN'T IT? 
**Burma-Shave** 

PASSING CARS 
WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE 
MAY GET YOU A GLIMPSE 
OF ETERNITY 
**Burma-Shave** 

NO MATTER THE PRICE 
NO MATTER HOW NEW 

THE BEST SAFETY DEVICE 
IN THE CAR IS YOU 
**Burma-Shave** 

A GUY WHO DRIVES 
A CAR WIDE OPEN 
IS NOT THINKIN' 
HE'S JUST HOPIN' 
**Burma-Shave** 

AT INTERSECTIONS 
LOOK EACH WAY 
A HARP SOUNDS NICE 
BUT ITS HARD TO PLAY 
**Burma-Shave** 

BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL 
EYES ON THE ROAD 
THAT'S THE SKILLFUL 
DRIVER'S CODE 
**Burma-Shave** 

THE ONE WHO DRIVES WHEN 
HE'S BEEN DRINKING 
DEPENDS ON YOU 
TO DO HIS THINKING 
**Burma-Shave** 

and my favorite: 
PASSING SCHOOL ZONE 
TAKE IT SLOW 
LET OUR LITTLE 
SHAVERS GROW 
**Burma-Shave** 

Do these bring back memories?

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