Pi Day Carols

Pi Day is a major holiday (at least in math class!), and what’s a festive occasion without its very own carols?

The following are TeachPi.org originals, though we know there are many more great tunes floating around the Web, ripe for the singing!

Like these ones?  Download our Pi Day Carols Handout for your class.

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1. Oh, number Pi, Oh, number Pi

You’re truly transcendental.

Oh, number Pi, Oh, number Pi

You’re physical and mental.

You stretch the bounds…of all we know,

And tell our circles where to go

Oh, number Pi, Oh, number Pi

Your digits are so gentle.

2. Oh, number Pi, Oh, number Pi

Why can’t I learn you faster?

Oh, number Pi, Oh, number Pi

You’re really hard to master.

Just when I think…I’ve got you down

I flip a 6 and 5 around

Oh, number Pi, Oh, number Pi

Numerical disaster!

3. Oh, number Pi, Oh, number Pi

Why are you so specific?

Oh, number Pi, Oh, number Pi

Your digit growth’s terrific.

Ten years ago, you had a Mill

And now you’re at a couple Trill

Oh, number Pi, Oh, number Pi

You stretch to the Pacific!

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We know Einstein and Euclid and Sir Isaac Newton

Lifelong devotions there ain’t no disputin’

But do you recall…

The most tireless one of them all?

Ludolph the Mathematician

Had a special thing for Pi

He made it his life’s mission

To help the number specify

All of his fellow teachers

Never understood his plan

To unlock the number’s magic

By calculating it by hand!

Then in 1599,

Ludolph set his goal…

I’ll find digit 35

With geometry as my guide!

Then how the math world loved him

All his hard work helped them see

Ludolph the Mathematician

You’ll go down in history!

(Learn more about Ludolph van Ceulen here.)

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(starting at ‘City sidewalks…’)

Random digits,

Endless digits

Transcendental in style,

In the air there’s a feeling of Pi Day.

Children laughing,

People graphing,

Worry-free for a while,

And in every math classroom you’ll hear…

Three one four…

One five nine…

It’s Pi Day Time at [our school!].

Three one four…

One five nine…

Savor those numbers, today!

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Basking in the glow

Of a Math Class holiday.

All we need to know

Is “Pi will lead the way!”

To circles we will sing,

The digits we’ll recite

The ratio gives us everything

It’s geometry’s delight! Oh!

Ring the bells, Pi Day spells

Fun with 3 – 1 – 4!

It’s the day to celebrate

That number we adore! Oh!

Ring the bells, Pi Day spells

Fun with 3 – 1 – 4!

First we take one slice of Pi

And then we ask for more!

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