How Many Miles to Babylon? In the 1824 edition of "The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia" there's a description of the rhyme and the game, giving the distance as "six, seven or a lang eight". The rhyme was originally accompanied by a singing game in which two lines face each other, with one player in the middle. At the end of the rhyme the players have to cross the space and any caught help the original player in the middle catch the others. The game seems to have fallen out of use in the twentieth century. In literature In film In music How Many Miles to Babylon?
How Are We Getting Home? language is about An Cailin Deas Rua (the beautiful red-haired girl). The instruments featured are beautifully played and the lyrics, while telling about an unappreciative girlfriend, are extremely catchy. How Are We Getting Home? How Are We Getting Home? is a 2004 album by Gaelic Storm. This album features the most original compositions to date by Gaelic Storm, and features a working class theme. The band also introduced a new percussionist and fiddler. "I Miss My Home" is a sing-along about traveling and being homesick for the cobble streets of your town. "Born to be a Bachelor" celebrates single life