Also known as "Bring Back My Old Coon Dog". It was collected from Henry Reed by Alan Jabbour. The title “Greasy String” probably refers to a slippery fiddle string. Tommy Jarrell sang a verse with "mash down harder on that greasy string." The high part of the tune is related to "Shoot that Turkey Buzzard" while the low part closely resembles "Cripple Creek". I play this tune in a medley with "John Brown's March" and "Forks of Sandy", both in this section.