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
How to Get Tough About It it became a massive international success. How to Get Tough About It How to Get Tough About It is a 1938 dramatic play by Robert Ardrey. "How to Get Tough About It" is Robert Ardrey's third play, preceded by "Star Spangled" and "Casey Jones", the latter of which opened on Broadway within ten days of it. Ardrey's next play, "Thunder Rock", is his most famous. "How to Get Tough About it" opened on Broadway in 1938. It was presented by Guthrie McClintic, who bought the script after a single reading. The production starred Katherine Locke and Myron McCormick, who were