Billy Waters (busker)
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Billy Waters (busker)
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Billy Waters was a black man who busked in London in the nineteenth century by singing, playing the violin and entertaining theatre goers with his "peculiar antics". He became famous when he appeared as a character in William Thomas Moncrieff's Tom and Jerry, or Life in London in 1821.
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Beggar, actor and musician (c. 1778–1823)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Waters_(busker)
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2024-03-16T11:06:26Z
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