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:
33-6-9
1212-15-18
2121-24-2730

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