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
Units of measurement in France up one "toise", twelve "pouce" (inches) making up one "pied" and twelve "lignes" making up one "pouce". Likewise, the "livre" (pound) was defined as being 500 g, each "livre" comprising sixteen "once" and each "once" eight "gros" and the "aune" as 120 centimetres. "La loi du 4 juillet 1837" (the law of 4 July 1837) effectively revoked the use of "mesures usuelles" by reaffirming the laws of measurement of 1795 and 1799 to be used from 1 May 1840. However, many units of measure, such as the "livre", remained in colloquial use for many years and the "livre" still does