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
>
> DROVE TOO LONG
> DRIVER SNOOZING
> WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
> IS NOT AMUSING
>
> BROTHER SPEEDERS
> LET'S REHEARSE
> ALL TOGETHER
> GOOD MORNING NURSE
>
> CAUTIOUS RIDER
> TO HER RECKLESS DEAR
> LET'S HAVE LESS BULL
> AND LOTS MORE STEER
>
> THE MIDNIGHT RIDE
> OF PAUL FOR BEER
> LED TO A
> WARMER HEMISPHERE
>
> SPEED WAS HIGH
> WEATHER WAS NOT
> TIRES WERE THIN
> X MARKS THE SPOT
>
> AROUND THE CURVE
> LICKETY--SPLIT
> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CAR
> WASN'T IT?
>
> PASSING CARS
> WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE
> MAY GET YOU A GLIMPSE
> OF ETERNITY
>
> NO MATTER THE PRICE
> NO MATTER HOW NEW
> THE BEST SAFETY DEVICE
> IN THE CAR IS YOU
>
> A GUY WHO DRIVES
> A CAR WIDE OPEN
> IS NOT THINKIN'
> HE'S JUST HOPIN'
>
> AT INTERSECTIONS
> LOOK EACH WAY
> A HARP SOUNDS NICE
> BUT ITS HARD TO PLAY
>
> BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL
> EYES ON THE ROAD
> THAT'S THE SKILLFUL
> DRIVER'S CODE
>
> THE ONE WHO DRIVES WHEN
> HE'S BEEN DRINKING
> DEPENDS ON YOU
> TO DO HIS THINKING
>
> PASSING SCHOOL ZONE
> TAKE IT SLOW
> LET OUR LITTLE
> SHAVERS GROW
>
> HE SAW THE TRAIN
> AND TRIED TO DUCK IT.
> KICKED FIRST THE GAS,
> AND THEN THE BUCKET.
> Burma Shave