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
Indian units of measurement maps at 1:50000 scale. Personally seen on the Punjab but assumed to be used in the whole of India. "Conversion" 1 Inch = Span of 6 Barley corns side by side by thickness, although barleycorns are not a reliable standard of measurement.<br> 1 Inch = 2.54 centimetres<br> 1 Foot = 30.48 cm<br> 1 Yard = 0.914 metre<br> 1 Mile = 1.61 Kilometre 1 coss= 2000 yards Indian units of measurement Before the introduction of the Metric system, one may divide the history of Indian systems of measurement into three main periods: the pre-Akbar's period, the period of the Akbar system,