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Number nine will put you on the spotNumber nine will tie you up, oh, in a knotWhen you're tryingMultiplying by nineYou might give it everything you've gotAnd still be stoppedIf you don't know some secret way you can check onYou'll break your neck onNaughty number nineNow the first thing to keep in mindWhen you're multiplying by nineIs that it's one less than tenYou see, nine is the same as ten minus oneSo you could multiply your number by tenAnd then subtract the number from the resultAnd you'd get the same productAs if you'd multiplied by nineAnd you knew itI mean, eight times nine is 80 minus eightAnd seven times nine is 70 minus sevenAnd six times nine is 60 minus sixYou could use those tricksBecause you must have some secret way you can beat itOr else you'll meet itSongtexteWith naughty number nineOf course, it doesn't hurtTo know the table of nines by memoryIt goes like this:One times nine is nine, and two times nine is 18(Mean ol' number nine)Three times nine is 27, and four times nine is 36Five times nine is 45, and six times nine is 54And seven times nine is 63Eight times nine is 72, and nine times nine is 81And ten times nine is 90Now the digit sum is always equal to nineI mean, if you add two and seven, the digitsYou get nine, the digit sumThat's true of any product of nineIf they don't add up, you've made a mistakeBecause you must have some secret way you can check itOr else you'll wreck itWith naughty, nasty, mean old number nine Aus Songtexte Mania