How Many Miles to Babylon? How Many Miles to Babylon? "How Many Miles to Babylon" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 8148. The accepted modern lyrics are: <poem>How many miles to Babylon? Three score miles and ten. Can I get there by candle-light? Yes, and back again.. If your heels are nimble and your toes are light, You may get there by candle-light.</poem> A longer Scottish version has the lyrics: <poem>King and Queen of Cantelon, How many miles to Babylon? Eight and eight, and other eight. Will I get there by candle-light? If your horse be
Ramsgate tug Blackwall on the Thames and in use by 1855, "Vulcan", an iron steam paddle tug of 140 tons (142 t), also built at Blackwall and delivered to Ramsgate in 1858, and "Fabia", which was in service in World War II—participated in many rescues alongside the local lifeboatmen, receiving several rewards from the RNLI and grateful foreign governments. Another Ramsgate tug was "Sun Swale". In January 1881 the Ramsgate tugs "Vulcan" and "Aide" participated with the lifeboat "Bradford" in the rescue of the "Indian Chief", in response to which the Ramsgate harbour-master, Captain Braine, wrote the commendation, "Of all the meritorious