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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"). | '''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"). [[File:lundy.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Emmett Lundy 1864-1953]]. | ||
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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").
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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).