Three is a magic number   Ya it is, it's a magic number   Somewhere in that ancient mystic trinity   You'll get three   As a magic number   The past, the present, the future,   Faith, and hope, and charity,   The heart, the brain, the body,   Will give you three,   It's a magic number      It takes three legs to make a tripod or to make a table stand,   And it takes three wheels to make a vehicle called a tricycle   And every triangle has three corners,   Every triangle has three sides,   No more, no less,   You don't have to guess   That it's three   Can't you see?    It's a magic number      A man and a woman had a little baby   Yeah they did   And there were three in the family   And that's a magic number      3, 6, 9,   12, 15, 18,   21, 24, 27,   30      Now multiply backwards from 3x10   3x10 is 30   3x9 is 27   3x8 is 24   3x7 is 21   3x6 is 18   3x5 is 15   3x4 is 12   And 3x3 is 9   And 3x2 is 6   And 3x1 is 3 of course   (now dig the pattern once more!)      3, 6, 9,   12, 15, 18   Oh yeah      3x10 is 30   3x9 is 27   3x8 is 24   3x7 is 21   3x6 is 18   3x5 is 15   3x4 is 12   And 3x3 is 9   And 3x2 is 6   And 3x1   What is it?    3      A man and a woman had a little baby   There were three in the family   And that's a magic number