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
Too Many People solo after the final bridge is accompanied by a drum stick on the side of a floor tom. Following the release of "Ram", John Lennon pointed out several songs that he claimed were attacks at him, among them being "Too Many People". In response, Lennon wrote "How Do You Sleep?" for his album "Imagine", an attack at McCartney featuring musical contributions from George Harrison. McCartney later wrote "Dear Friend", a truce offering to Lennon, and released it on the album "Wild Life" with his band, Wings. Too Many People "Too Many People" is a song by Paul McCartney from he