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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Rounder Records 0058, John Patterson - &quot;Old Originals, vol. 2&quot; (1978. Also issued under Heritage 5).</font>
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See also listing at:<br>
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/b05.htm#Belofle]<br>
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BELLE OF LEXINGTON. AKA and see "Belle Election" (John Patterson's title), "Hauling Home (The)," "Kitty's Wedding (1)," "Mrs. Smith's Reel," "Smith's Delight," "Smith's Reel." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; western Virginia (Grayson and Carroll Counties). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune, related to "Smith's Reel" and apparently derived from the Irish hornpipe "Kitty's Wedding (1)," was recorded by legendary southwestern Virginia fiddler Emmett Lundy (1864-1953, as "Belles of Lexington").

Emmett Lundy 1864-1953

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Source for notated version: Emmett Lundy (Galax, Va.) [Krassen]; Skip Gorman [Phillips]; Peter Boveng [Silberberg].

Printed sources: Krassen (Masters of Old Time Fiddling), 1983; p. 34. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 1, 1994; p. 22. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 7.

Recorded sources: Rounder Records 0058, John Patterson - "Old Originals, vol. 2" (1978. Also issued under Heritage 5).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]




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