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
A Gallon of Gas in America but not in Britain (the other being "Catch Me Now I'm Falling"). The single version was longer than the album version. It was backed with "Low Budget". In addition to its release as a single in America, the single was also released in Japan that same year. "A Gallon of Gas" also appears on the greatest hits albums "Come Dancing with The Kinks" and the live album "To the Bone". An alternate edition of the song appears on "Picture Book." The track was praised by AllMusic as well as "Rolling Stone", who said that "A Gallon of Gas"