There's a line of cars in a country lane

Stuck behind a tractor in the rain

Mile after mile in single file

How many cars does the line of cars contain

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.

There's a traffic jam on a busy road, stuck behind a truck with a heavy load,

two by two they can't get through, how many cars are slowed on the busy road.

Two, four, six, eight, ten, twelve.

There's a queue of cars on the motorway.

Everyone is off on holiday.

Going slow we want to know

how many cars are facing a delay today three six nine twelve

twelve cars on a country lane twelve cars snowed by a heavy load twelve cars are delayed on the way today

It makes no difference

How you count in ones or threes or twos

You'll see there's still the same amount of cars

Stuck in traffic queues