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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.
==Lyrics==
The accepted modern lyrics are:
How many miles to Babylon?
Three score and ten.
Can I get there by candle-light?
Yes, and back again.
If your heels are nimble and light,
You may get there by candle-light.〔I. Opie and P. Opie, ''The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997), pp. 73-5.〕
A longer Scottish version has the lyrics:
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 good and your spurs be bright.
How mony men have ye?
Mae nor ye daur come and see.〔
Various places have replaced Babylon in the rhyme, including London town, Barberry and Berry Bright.〔E. H. Linscott and J. M. Carpenter, ''Folk Songs of Old New England'' (Courier Dover, 1993), p. 18.〕
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