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 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
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 it's a magic number

A man and a woman had a little baby
Yes they did
They had three-ie-ie 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 multiples 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, yeah

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
Twelve!
    Twelve, fifteen, eighteen
Twenty-one!
    Twenty-one, twenty-four, twenty-seven
    Thirty (yeah, thirty)

Now multiply from ten, backwards:
    Three times ten is thirty (keep going)
    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 ... and that's a magic number.

A man and a woman had a little baby
Yes they did
They had three-ie-ie in the family
And that's a magic number