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
Nicholas Furlong the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. He attended St Peter's College, Wexford, the Salesian Agricultural College, Warrenstown, County Meath, and University College Dublin (UCD). He was written such books as: Nicholas Furlong has also written for the stage, his plays including: "Insurrection '98", "The Lunatic Fringe", "Purple and Gold", and "Storm the Bastille" which was produced by Harry Ringwood and first performed in Abbey Square, Enniscorthy, in July 1989. Nicholas Furlong Nicholas Furlong (born 1929) is an Irish farmer, journalist, author and historian from County Wexford. Nicholas Furlong was born in Wexford in 1929. He became a dairy farmer