Bob Dorough - Three Is a Magic Number

Three is a magic number Yes it is, it's a magic number Somewhere in that 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 and the brain and the body Give you three as 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 don't have to guess When it's three, you can see Its 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 Three, six, nine Twelve, fifteen, eighteen Twenty-one, twenty-four, twenty-seven Thirty (Three, six, nine Twelve, fifteen, eighteen Twenty-one, twenty-four, twenty-seven Thirty) Now the multiplies of three Come up three times in each set of ten In the first ten You get three, six, nine And in the teens' ten It's twelve, fifteen and eighteen And in the twenties you get-a Twenty-one, twenty-four, twenty-seven And it comes out even on thirty (Now multiply backwards from three times ten) Three times ten is (thirty) Three times nine is (twenty-seven) Three times eight is (twenty-four) Three times seven is (twenty-one) Three times six is eighteen Three times five is fifteen Three times four is twelve And three times three is nine And three times two is six And three times one is three, of course (Now dig the pattern once more!) (Three) Three, six, nine (Well) Twelve, fifteen, eighteen (Twenty-one) Twenty-one, twenty-four, twenty-seven Thirty (Yeah) (Now multiply by ten, backwards) Three times ten is (thirty) Three times nine is (twenty-seven) Three times eight is (twenty-four) Three times seven is (twenty-one) Three times six is eighteen Three times five is fifteen Three times four is twelve And three times three is nine And three times two is six And three times one What is it? (Three) Yeah, thats a magic number A man and a woman had a little baby Yes, they did There had three in the family That's a magic number