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
Tug of war at the 1908 Summer Olympics foreign opponent, and again prevailed. The two London services squared off in the other semifinal, with the City police beating the Metropolitan men in a lengthy first pull. The second pull was not as tight a contest. The Londoners defeated Liverpool in the final, winning the first two pulls. The Swedish team did not appear for the bronze medal match. Tug of war at the 1908 Summer Olympics At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a tug of war tournament was contested. The German and Greek teams withdrew, narrowing the seven-team field to five. Thus, the Swedish team and two of the