Puff the Magic Dragon

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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 puffs gigantic tail,
Noble kings and princes would bow wheneer they came,
Pirate ships would lower their flag when puff roared out his name. oh!

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!

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Comments (12)

By Dana in School on 2 March 2009

I love this songg!

By Lucie-anne in Vancouver, Canada on 25 April 2009

Very good! It brings back some old memories. It's suprising how many kids these days don't know some of the classic songs that we used to sing as children.

By Maria in Semarang Indonesia on 23 May 2009

I want to teach this song to all children because it's very good

By Sandra in Monroe,usa on 9 August 2009

my dad loves this song

By Lola in Charlie on 22 September 2009

i wana puf puf some of that dutch stuff, i wana puf puf some of that greeeen greeeeen stuff :D

By Barry in Selby England on 22 November 2009

Lola in Charlie entry seems most inapropriate

By Daddy in Greenbay Wi on 28 January 2010

Saw peter paul and marry sing this in concert when I was a kid.

By Kat in Amarillo, Usa on 20 April 2010

My son came home singing this - thank goodness his music teacher still sings it

By Carly in San Diego, Ca on 18 May 2010

This is a great song and every one who think that this is about drugs is a idiot because it is about growing up and out of imagination. not to be mean but seriously grow up! im 12 in the 6th grade and im not even that stupid

By Tracy in Alberta on 25 May 2010

My favorite childhood song, that my dad would sing to me (Tumbleweed). I spent hours listening to him sing and loving every minute of it. I am now a grandmother too a 3 year old, Maddison. I have taught her to sing Puff, the first verse and chorus. When Great Grandpa and GG comes to visit Maddy. We are going to sing this to my dearest Dad.

By Tracy in Edson Alberta on 25 May 2010

By Lorna in Winnipeg, Canada on 12 August 2010

I have loved this song since I was a little girl; I'll be 47 yrs old on the 15th of this month and I still love the song. I decided to look up the actual lyrics to the song because over the years I'd forgotten some of them. I remember when I was little how I always use to cry whenever the last two verses were sung; the ones about Jackie Paper growing up and no longer needing his friend Puff, and about Puff being so sad that he never came out of his cave again. As young as I was at the time I first heard this song I decided that I'd pretend Jackie Paper grew up, had a family of his own, and then introduced his children to Puff the Magic Dragon. They introduced their children, and so on, and so on. Puff was never again lonely or alone. What a beautifully happy ending to a wonderful song and story. If I'm not mistaken, I think the song was actually made into a children's movie special or cartoon, and written as a story in a book as well.