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
Nelson A. Miles was likely named for him. Nelson M. Holderman, himself a Medal of Honor recipient, was also named after Miles. Miles' legacy as an Indian fighter has seen him portrayed by Kevin Tighe in the film "" and by Shaun Johnston in the film adaptation of "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee". There is a bust of General Miles in the Massachusetts State Capitol in Boston. General Miles' son, Sherman Miles, was a career Army officer who graduated from West Point in 1905 and rose to the rank of major general during World War II. Nelson A. Miles Nelson Appleton Miles