We can always make do with "Razor-Back Steak." Those wild hogs are over-running large parts of Texas, I hear.

RAZORBACK STEAK
By Jimmy Driftwood

When Old Hick'ry Jackson met Sir Pakenham,
The British were full of hot biscuits and ham,
While the Tennessee boys were as "pore" as a snake,
For all they'd been eatin' was Razorback Steak.

A razorback hog is as wild as a buck,
And the hunter who hunts him had better have luck,
You can fill him with buckshot and rifle balls too,
And he'll turn around and make shoestrings of you.

When you see a gentleman down in the South,
With a big sausage-grinder way back in his mouth,
When he gives a rebel yell, make no mistake,
He's a looking for a woman or Razorback Steak.

When I get to heaven as Mr. Devine,
Don't want no ambrosia to eat with my wine,
Just give me a chunk of hot corndodger cake,
A bowl of red gravy and a Razorback Steak.

If you think its tender you're crazy
You can't stick your fork in the gravy!

Razorback Steak, Razorback Steak,
Lost all my teeth on that Razorback Steak,
It's tough as can be, made a man out of me,
Give me some more of that Razorback Steak.

Note:

DeSoto brought a drove of hogs with him when he came seeking treasure and the fountain of youth. Many went AWOL and reproduced in the wilds of America, until there were thousands of wild hogs, called razorbacks, by the time settlers came west of Mississippi. Fried lean meat of wild hogs was called Razorback Steak.

Charley Noble