How many miles to Babylon?
Three-score miles and ten.
Can I get there by candle-light?
Yes, there and back again.
If your heels are nimble and light,
You will get there by candle-light.
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The rhyme is referenced in popular fiction and movies. It appears in the novel Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones. It plays a major part in the plot of the 1985 anime film Lupin III: The Legend of Gold Babylon. It appears in the novel Stardust and its film adaptation, which each show methods of travel involving a “Babylon Candle.” Finally, it prefaces the essay “Goodbye to All That” by Joan Didion. It is also used as a plot point in C.E. Murphy’s Urban Shaman. It is also parodied as “How many miles to Babyland?” on Lenny and the Squigtones – a comedy album by the characters Lenny and Squiggy from the 1970s sitcom “Laverne & Shirley”. (from Wikipedia)