"Belle of Lexington", also known as "Belle Election" (John Patterson's title), "The Hauling Home", "Kitty's Wedding", "Mrs. Smith's Reel", "Smith's Delight" or "Smith's Reel" is an old-time breakdown in D Major. The parts are played AABB.
The tune, related to "Smith's Reel" and apparently derived from the Irish hornpipe "Kitty's Wedding", was recorded by legendary southwestern Virginia fiddler Emmett Lundy (1864-1953, as "Belles of Lexington"). He played it with the A and B parts reversed.
The banjo tablature is by John Letscher.
It was printed in Krassen's Masters of Old Time Fiddling (1983), Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, Vol. 1 (1994), Silberberg's Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern (2002), Susan Songer and Clyde Curley's Portland Collection vol. 3 (2015) and Lamancusa's The Gettysburg Collection of Old-Time Fiddle Tunes (2021).
It was recorded by John Patterson on Old Originals, vol. 2 (1978), Skip Gorman on Trail to Mexico (1987), Lost World String Band on Ready To Wear (1981) and Emmett Lundy on Fiddle Tunes from Grayson County (1977).