Three is a magic number Yes it is, it's a magic number Somewhere in the ancient mystic trinity You get three As a magic number The past and the present and the future, Faith, and hope, and charity, The heart, the brain and the body, Will give you three, Its a magic number It takes three legs to make a tripod or to make a table stand, 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 dont have to guess When it's three you can see It's a magic number A man and a woman had a little baby Yes they did They had three in the family And that's a magic number 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30 Now the multiples of 3 Come up three times in each set of ten In the first you get 3, 6, 9 And in the "teens" ten it's 12, 15, and 18 And in the "twenties" you get 21, 24, 27 And it comes even on 30, yeah Now multiply backwards from 3 x10 3 x 10 is 30, 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) 3-6-9 (12) 12-15-18 (21) 21-24-27... 30 Yeah, 30. Now multiply from 10 backwards 3 x 10 is 30 (Keep going), 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? Three Yeah. That's a magic number A man and a woman had a little baby Yes, they did They had three in the family That's a magic number