Puff the Magic Dragon
Music by Peter Yarrow andWords by Lenny Lipton
Performed by Peter, Paul & Mary
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
in a land called Honah Lee,
Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff,
and brought him strings and sealing wax
and other fancy stuff. Oh
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
in a land called Honah Lee,
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
in a land called Honah Lee.
Together they would travel
on a boat with billowed sail
Jackie kept a lookout perched
on Puff's gigantic tail,
Noble kings and princes
would bow whene'er they came,
Pirate ships would lower their flag
when Puff roared out his name. Oh!
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
in a land called Honah Lee,
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
in a land called Honah Lee.
A dragon lives forever
but not so little boys
Painted wings and giant rings
make way for other toys.
One grey night it happened,
Jackie Paper came no more
And Puff that mighty dragon,
he ceased his fearless roar.
His head was bent in sorrow,
green scales fell like rain,
Puff no longer went to play
along the cherry lane.
Without his life-long friend,
Puff could not be brave,
So Puff that mighty dragon
sadly slipped into his cave. Oh!
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
in a land called Honah Lee,
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
in a land called Honah Lee.
Did you know that "Puff the Magic Dragon" was made into a animated children's feature? But instead of the boy being named Jackie Paper, he was renamed Jackie Draper. Burgess Meredith stars as one of the voices.
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