• William Purvis, probably better known as "Blind Willie" (1752 – 20 July 1832), was a Tyneside concert hall song writer and performer in England at the...
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  • William Purvis may refer to: William Purvis (Blind Willie) (1752–1832), British blind singer-songwriter Billy Purvis (1853) (1784–1853), British entertainer...
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    practice recorded in "Buy Broom Buzzems" a song probably written by William Purvis (Blind Willie) (1752–1832) from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. Heather honey...
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  • blues singer and guitarist Blind Willie McTell (1898–1959), a Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist William Purvis (1752–1832), a Tyneside concert...
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  • Coronation Purvis, William – or Blind Willie 1752 – 1832 One of the Eccentrics in the painting - See separate entry for William Purvis (Blind Willie) Pussy...
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  • and Dr William Brummell, who was featured in several songs, in one William Purvis (Blind Willie) would sing of him and he is mentioned in William Oliver’s...
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  • Bob Cranky's Adieu - writer William Shield Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea Broom Buzzems - writer William Purvis (Blind Willie) Ca' Hawkie through the watter...
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  • North-Country Garland of Song” giving details of William Purvis (Blind Willie). He gives details oh Blind Willie’s father, baptism, life, and music, and goes...
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  • laddie (The)" in this book Broom Buzzems – (or Buy Broom Busoms) William Purvis (Blind Willie) actually entitled "Buy Broom Buzzems" in this book Canny Newcassel...
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  • wood-engraver providing the plates used for the pictures of William Purvis (Blind Willie), Captain Benjamin Starky, Joseph Philip Robson, and Geordy Black...
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  • election song 1812 Jemmy Joneson’s Whurry Geordie dialect words William Purvis (Blind Willie) "Welcome to nginx!". isee.gateshead.gov.uk. Archived from the...
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  • Broom Besums") is a song attributed by many to William Purvis, probably better known as "Blind Willie" (1752–1832), a Tyneside songwriter and performer...
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  • names of/characters played by George "Geordie" Ridley Purvis, William – see William Purvis (Blind Willie) Ridley, George The Bobby Cure and Johnny Luik Up...
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  • [Edward] Corvan, [William] Mitford, [Robert] Gilchrist, [Rowland] Harrison, [J. P.] Robson, [Robert] Emery, [Geordie] Ridley, [William] Oliver, [Jack] Shield...
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    South Shields, England, consisting of Bill Elliott (William Elliott) and Bobby Purvis (Robert J Purvis), who formed in the early 1970s. They were connected...
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  • the Kaleidoscope c1820. The song "The Pitman's Skellyscope" written by William Mitford appears in a great many chapbooks, possibly due to its novelty...
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  • engraver Jem Burns and Jem Wallace were local boxing champions Blind Willie, is William Purvis. A famous Newcastle oil painting Hell's Kitchen by Henry Perlee...
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  • (or Blind Willie) was William Purvis Motley groop is just another word for a Motley crew Aud Sir Mat, an' Dr. Brummel – Blind Willy sang of "Dr. Brummel...
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  • gives reflections on the death of the well-known character William "Blind Willie" Purvis "Drucken Bella Roy, O!" – to the tune of "Duncan M'Callaghan"...
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  • StudioCanal / Working Title Films Peter Howitt (director); Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, William Davies (screenplay); Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Ben Miller...
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  • Hostetter, Cree Summer, Kelly Collins Lintz, William Bookston, Christian Kebbel 21 Hysterical Blindness HBO Films Mira Nair (director); Laura Cahill (screenplay);...
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    Honeydripper Tyrone Purvis Miranda Regresa John Doe 2008 Be Kind Rewind Horace Fletcher Gospel Hill John Malcolm Tiny Tears Himself Blindness Old Man With The...
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  • Columbia Pictures / Eon Productions Marc Forster (director); Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade (screenplay); Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric...
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  • end me voyge to Shiels, Iv Jemmy Joneson's whurry. </poem? Blind Willie was William Purvis the singer and performer Davy Jones's cubbart is nationally...
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  • Giancola and his younger brother, John, to help kill her brother, William "Willie" Kappen, for his life insurance money on July 3, 1937. Both Maria and...
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  • Kaʻiulani Q'Orianka Kilcher Public Enemies John Dillinger Johnny Depp Melvin Purvis Christian Bale Billie Frechette Marion Cotillard Baby Face Nelson Stephen...
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  • Monique Ganderton, Mary Black, Erika Shaye Gair, Michael Wiseman, David Purvis, Sophie Hough, Sam Velasquez, Xantha Radley 2 The Namesake Fox Searchlight...
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  • bank robber John Dillinger (Depp) as he is pursued by FBI agent Melvin Purvis during Great Depression, the film was an adaptation of Bryan Burrough's...
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  • Lionel Richie December 11, 1982 (1982-12-11) 149 10 Lily Tomlin Tomlin as Purvis Hawkins January 22, 1983 (1983-01-22) 150 11 Rick Moranis Dave Thomas The...
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  • Pulpit April 3, 1974 The Story of Jacob and Joseph April 7, 1974 Melvin Purvis: G-Man April 9, 1974 Murder or Mercy? April 10, 1974 Thursday's Game April...
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