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
Star Turn on 45 (Pints) success of "Pump Up the Bitter" gave Star Turn on 45 (Pints) an appearance on BBC Television's "Top of the Pops". Various subsequent releases were not big sellers. Steve O'Donnell died on 4 August 1997. The group went on to cover (amongst other songs) Franz Ferdinand's 2004 hit, "Take Me Out". In addition they released a medley to coincide with the Royal Wedding in 2011, downloadable with all their back catalogue from iTunes. Star Turn on 45 (Pints) Star Turn on 45 (Pints) is an English novelty song musical ensemble, originally with Steve O'Donnell, Colin Jennings and J. Vincent Edwards.