3 Is The Magic Number Original Artists: George R. Newall 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 tri-pod Or to make a table stand It takes three wheels to make a ve-hicle 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 Three, six, nine Twelve, fifteen, eighteen Twenty one, twenty four, twenty seven Thirty 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 take the pattern once more: Three!... three, six, nine Twelve!... twelve, fifteen, eighteen Twenty-one!... twenty one, twenty four, twenty seven... thirty Now multiply from 10 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, 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