Three is a Magic Number

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 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

Multiply backwards from three times ten

Three times ten is 30, three times nine is 27
Three times eight is 24, three times seven is 21
Three times six is 18, three times five is 15
Three times four is 12
And three times three is 9 and three times two is 6
And three times one is 3, of course

Now take the pattern once more

Three! ... 3-6-9
Twelve! ... 12-15-18
Twenty-one! ... 21-24-27... 30

Now multiply from ten backwards

Three time ten is 30 - Keep going! - three times nine is 27
Three times eight is 24, three times seven is 21
Three times six is 18, three times five is 15
Three times four is 12
And three times three is 9, and three times two is 6
And three times one...
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