Three, oh, it's the magic number,   Yeah it is, it's the magic number      Somewhere in that ancient mystic trinity   You get three   It's the magic number      With the past and the present and the future   And faith and hope and charity   And the heart and the brain and the body   It'll 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   And call it a tricycle   Every triangle has three corners   Every triangle has three sides   No more, no less   You don't have to guess   That is three, can't you see?   It's the magic number      A man and a woman had a little baby   Yes they did,   There were three in the family   That's the magic number      3 6 9   12 15 18   21 24 27   30      3 6 9   12 15 18   21 24 27   30      Now multiply backwards from 3 x 10      Oh, well 3 x 10 is?   30   And 3 x 9 is?   27   3 x 8 is?   24   3 x 7 is?   21   3 x 6 is 18   3 x 5 is 15   3 x 4 is 12   And 3 x 3 is 9   And 3 x 2 is 6   And 3 x 1 is 3, of course   Now dig the pattern once more   3 6 9   12 15 18      Oh! 3 x 10 is?   30   And 3 x 9 is?   27   3 x 8 is?   24   3 x 7 is?   21   3 x 6 is 18   3 x 5 is 15   3 x 4 is 12   And 3 x 3 is 9   And 3 x 2 is 6   And 3 x 1…   What is it?   3!   Yeah!      A man and a woman had a little baby   There were three in the family   And that's the magic number