Belle of Lexington

 X:2 T:Belle of Lexington M:C| L:1/8 S:Bruce Molsky, based on Emmett Lundy's original Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D fe | d2 Bd A2 [F2A2] | {E/F/}EDFE D B,2 B, | A,B,DF dBAc | B(e e)e egfe | d2 Bd A2 [F2A2] | {E/F/}EDFE D B,2 B, | A,B, D2 dBAF | D3 D D2 :| a2 fa bafd | efdf edBA | fe d2 dBAF | D6 :||
 * fg | a2 fa bafd | efdf edBd | AB d2 eafd | e2 e4 fg |



BELLE OF LEXINGTON. AKA and see &quot;Belle Election&quot; (John Patterson's title), &quot;The Hauling Home,&quot; &quot;Kitty's Wedding [1],&quot; &quot;Mrs. Smith's Reel,&quot; &quot;Smith's Delight,&quot; &quot;Smith's Reel.&quot; Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; western Virginia (Grayson and Carroll Counties). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune, related to &quot;Smith's Reel&quot; and apparently derived from the Irish hornpipe &quot;Kitty's Wedding,&quot; was recorded by legendary southwestern Virginia fiddler Emmett Lundy. Sources for notated versions: 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 source: Rounder Records 0058, John Patterson - &quot;Old Originals, vol. 2&quot; (1978. Also issued under Heritage 5). X:1 T:Belles of Lexington T:Belle of Lexington M:2/4 L:1/8 K:D (a2|:a) f/a/ b/a/f/d/|e/f/d/f/ e/d/B/d/|A/B/d/f/ e/a/f/d/|e(e e)(a|a)f/a/ b/a/f/d/| d/f/d/f/ e/d/B/A/|f/e/d/d/ d/B/A/F/|[DA] [DA] [D2A2]:| f/e/|:dB/d/ A/A/F/D/|E/D/F/E/ D/B,/(3G,/4B,/4B,/4|A,/B,/D/c/ B/A/D/F/| [E/A/][Ae][A/e/] [Ae]f/e/|dB/d/ A/A/F/D/|E/D/F/E/ D/B,/(3G,/B,/B,/| A,/B,/D/D/ d/B/A/F/|[DA][DA] (D2A2]:||

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