Annotation:Greasy String (1)
X:1 T:Greasy String [1] S:Burl Hammons M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:Rounder 1504/05, Burl Hammons - "The Hammons Family" (1998) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/greasy-string-1 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G D2-|D2G2G3A|Bd2(A {A}B2)A|GGAG EDEG|AG2A G2EG| D2G4A2|Bd2(AB3)A|GGAG EDEG|AG2A G2|| D2-|g2dB ge d2|edBA G2[G2B2]|([Ae][A2a2])([Ab] [A2a2]) BA|Bd2e d2ef| gba2 g3e|d2BA G3G|A2G2 EDEG|A2 G2 G2||
GREASY STRING [1]. AKA and see "Bring Back My Old Coon Dog." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Indiana, Virginia, West Virginia. A Major: G Major. AEae or Standard tunings (fiddle). AABBCC (Kuntz): AAAABB (Phillips). The title "Greasy String" probably refers to a slippery fiddle string. The tune was frequently found in the 1970's among older fiddlers in Ashe, Alleghany, Patrick (see Patrcik County natives Taylor and Stella Kimble's privately released record "How Sweet the Sound") and Grayson counties in Virginia. There is some degree of variation in the melody: some see two related, but distinct tune lines.