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Ashes to ashes
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Forests to dust
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Keep Minnesota green
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Or we'll
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All go bust
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Burma-Shave
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Ashes to ashes
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Forests to dust
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Keep Wisconsin green
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Or we'll
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All go bust
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Burma-Shave
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He always used
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A steaming towel
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And mug and brush
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And language foul
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'Til he tried
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Burma-Shave
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He saw
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The train
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And tried to duck it
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Kicked first the gas
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And then the bucket
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Burma-Shave
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Headline news
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For face
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And chin
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Now improved
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With lanolin
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Burma-Shave
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His beard
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Was long
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And strong and tough
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He lost his
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Chicken in the rough
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Burma-Shave
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His face
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Was loved
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By just his mother
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He Burma-Shaved
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And now--
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Oh, brother
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It gave
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Swell shaves before
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Now you'll like it
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Even more
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The new--improved
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Burma-Shave
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| . . |
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If you
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Must sample
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Her "pucker paint"
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Better drive
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Where traffic ain't
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Burma-Shave
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In seventy years
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Of brushin' soap on
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Gramps coulda painted
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The pentagon
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Use brushless
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Burma-Shave
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It gave
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Swell shaves before
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Now you'll like it
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Even more
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The new--improved
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Burma-Shave
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| . . |
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Just this once
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And just for fun
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We'll let you
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Finish
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What we've begun
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? ? ?
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Leap year's over
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You're safe, men
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All you cowards
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Can shave again
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With brushless
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Burma-Shave
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Men
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Who have to
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Travel light
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Find the handy tube
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Just right
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Burma-Shave
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| . . |
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Old Dobbin
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reads these signs
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Each day
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You see, he gets
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His corn that way
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Burma-Shave
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One Burma-Shave
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The school boy cried
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At least
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I'll smell
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As if I tried
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Burma-Shave
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Pull off
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The road
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To change a flat
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Protect your life--
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No spare for that!
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Burma-Shave
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| . . |
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Said one whisker
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To another
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Can't get tough
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With this stuff
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Brother
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Burma-Shave
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Since hubby
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Tried
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That substitute
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He's 1/3 man
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And 2/3 brute
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Burma-Shave
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Tho tough
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And rough
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From wind and wave
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Your cheek
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Grows sleek with
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Burma-Shave
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| . . |
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These three
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Prevent most accidents
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Courtesy
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Caution
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Common sense
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Burma-Shave
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To soothe
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And smooth
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Your tender skin
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It's now improved
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With lanolin
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Burma-Shave
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When frisky
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With whiskey
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Don't drive
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'Cause it's
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Risky
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Burma-Shave
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| . . |
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With A sleek cheek
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Pressed to hers
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Jeepers! Creepers!
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How she purrs
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Burma-Shave
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With television
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On the set
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Stars are
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Running out
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To get
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Burma-Shave
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Burma-Shave
jar lid
from an
eBay sale |
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