Lyrics & Music by: Bob Dorough

Performed by: Bob Dorough





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.



Now the Multiples of 3

come up three times in each set of 10.

In the first 10 you get 3-6-9,

and in the teens ten its 12-15 and 18,

and in the 20's

you getta 21-24-27,

and it comes out even on 30.

Multiply backwards from 3 x 10:

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



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