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
July Furlong July Furlong Norma Ojeda Furlong is a writer, journalist and former Mexican actress and singer. Sister of the singer Oscar Athie, she started her career in 1968 in the Mexican T.V show "La hora de Raúl Astor". Her first role in a telenovela was in 1973. In the 1970s and 1980s, starred in many Mexican films and telenovelas as "Mi pequeña Soledad" (1990) with Verónica Castro and "Muchachitas" (1991). Her last t.v role was in "Al norte del corazón" in 1997. July began a writer and journalist career in 1992. In 2000 write her first political book "Testiminios de fin