A popular song from 1963
Words and music by Peter Yarrow and Leonard Lipton
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
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
Refrain
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 whenever they came
Pirate ships would lower their flags
When Puff roared out his name - A dragon lives forever
But not so little boys
Painted wings and giant’s rings
Make way for other toys
One gray 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 lifelong friend
Puff could not be brave
So Puff, that mighty dragon
Sadly slipped into his cave
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: