My step dad always sang this song to me when I was little. Even when I was a older teenager I would ask him to sing it. He had such a beautiful voice. He died in 2016. This song brings back so many memories. I miss him dearly and if he was still here with us I would have him to sing it.
Aww, that is sweet. I used to play this on an old #45 all the time... Dad used to sing to me too. Whenever we went to town, or on vacation trips. Dad passed in 2022 at the age of 94.
It's impossible for me to listen to the 3rd verse without ugly crying at the end. This song will forever hold a special place in my heart. My son was born Thanksgiving weekend, and while we were recovering that night at the hospital, they had a Peter, Paul & Mary Christmas Special on TV where they played this song. My boy was so tiny, only a few hours old, and was facing multiple surgeries due to a birth defect we had discovered. I cradled his tiny body signing to him as PP&M sang along on the TV. I prayed that he would stay young and innocent as long as he could as I wept over him. Fast forward to now: my -21-year old son, towers over me at nearly 6'3" and is as strong as an ox. He is moving out to complete his college degree in a week. And I'm back again to being a bawling mess as I let him go and he spreads his wings. Time flies so very fast and I cherish every moment I've had.
This song brings back so many memories for me when I was about 3 three years old. It' a great song from my past. I was three years old in 1965 and to this day, still love hearing it.
My dad was dying in a hospice in the same hospice Peter Yarrows Mom was dying. My son was six months old. Peter came in to visit his mom and sang this song to all there. He came over to me and asked to hold my son and sang to him and us this song. I was in tears and honored. My dad died shortly after that and forever I am grateful for this. I had just been homeless for to years and got sober. It was the beginning of a new life. What a gift🙏❤️🔮🦋🙏
Looks like my post got lost. I got Peter in his hotel room. Nextafternoon he was practicing for thenights concert. His door was open. God blessed me the chance to play this song with peter wow
I loved this song when I was little. I still love dragons! But I remember as a child thinking to myself what type of wax do they put on ceilings? 😂😂 I was in middle school when I found out what sealing wax was. It finally hit me, that’s what the song meant! 😮
Rest in peace to Zoe and Dana Falkenberg, who were some of the youngest victims of the 9/11 attacks 22 years ago. Zoe was 8 years old and Dana was 3. They, along with their parents, were sadly on board one of the planes that was hijacked that day. Puff the Magic Dragon was reportedly a song that the girls would sing with their parents before bed. So this song has always made me think of them ever since I learned that. Rest in peace to them and all of the other 9/11 victims.
For all of its appeal to children, the real story of Puff the Magic Dragon is the loss of innocence and imagination that sadly but almost inevitably occurs as we grow older.
I remember watching puff with my older brother as a little kid, forgot about it entirely until my brother reminded me of it a few months ago. Brings back such nostalgia. Love this song sm.
This music reminds me of my best friend Armando, we were both 8 years old when he passed away, in my arms, his last words 💔 😢 were, I Love you forever Carlos, and he was gone, I hope I see you soon Armando. 😔 I Love you still.
i always think about this song and i cry when i listen to it. my aunt would play this song and me and my sister would do little dances and she would play on the piano or just watch us. she died just a couple months ago. even though she might be gone i’m happy this isn’t.
I remeber in elementary my music teacher would always teach us the lyrics and we would sing this but then he left the school he was my favorite teacher im in middle school but this is still nostalgic
Apparently there was an additional final where Puff becomes the imaginary friend of a different child. Unfortunatly that verse was left on the type writer and has since been lost to the midst of time... (A similar problem happened with Elton John's "Daniel"...)
I absolutely do not understand the mindset of people who mockingly say this song is about drugs. To assign such a shallow meaning to this song is almost as sad as the actual, legitimate subject matter of the song itself.
It can be about drugs. An adult using drugs and regressing into a magic land and then loses it when he/she gradually sobers. I personally think it is about a child growing up and getting out of innocence, but I can see the hallucination angle too.
When there are three or four kiddies around. I will play this song and always they ask wheres puff i say waiting for a friend i get im not afraid of puff
that really sad why can't we know what happened to Puff now he severe depression I hope he found somebody else. What happened to Jackie Paper sadly happened to me
Jackies such a jerk. He had one true friend that would've stayed with him no matter what, and he sennt him away. This song makes me sob whenever i hear it
It was about a dragon. It's based on an earlier children's poem Custard the Dragon, apparently. It seems to be about a toy dragon whose friend, the little boy, eventually grows up and stops playing with the toy and imagining all kinds of adventures. Of course, that leaves out the next generation. The "drug" interpretation is just a bunch of degenerates twisting a touching song about childhood nostalgia into something to do with their drug obsession.
For real!! I was enjoying all the kindred spirits of people who cry hearing this. I wanted the album so badly in 67 when my daddy was in damn nam...let's just say I was almost a teenager, but I even knew it was about growing up leaving childhood imagination behind. I cried then and I cry now, but its a beautiful song. The harmony, everything about it. ✌ ❤
My step dad always sang this song to me when I was little. Even when I was a older teenager I would ask him to sing it. He had such a beautiful voice. He died in 2016. This song brings back so many memories. I miss him dearly and if he was still here with us I would have him to sing it.
A dragon lives forever. But not so little boys...
❤
Aww, that is sweet. I used to play this on an old #45 all the time... Dad used to sing to me too. Whenever we went to town, or on vacation trips. Dad passed in 2022 at the age of 94.
If Jackie would of had a family and a little boy of his own, Puff would of always had a friend indeed😢
THE "NEW" VERSION OF THIS SONG TELLS THE STORY JUST LIKE THAT!!!!!!!!
It's impossible for me to listen to the 3rd verse without ugly crying at the end. This song will forever hold a special place in my heart.
My son was born Thanksgiving weekend, and while we were recovering that night at the hospital, they had a Peter, Paul & Mary Christmas Special on TV where they played this song. My boy was so tiny, only a few hours old, and was facing multiple surgeries due to a birth defect we had discovered. I cradled his tiny body signing to him as PP&M sang along on the TV. I prayed that he would stay young and innocent as long as he could as I wept over him.
Fast forward to now: my -21-year old son, towers over me at nearly 6'3" and is as strong as an ox. He is moving out to complete his college degree in a week. And I'm back again to being a bawling mess as I let him go and he spreads his wings. Time flies so very fast and I cherish every moment I've had.
God bless you and your family ❤
If you listened to this as a kid, you definitely have responsibilities now!!! This brings back some amazing childhood memories!!
Yes but still a kid!
@@jasondavis5714 I discovered it on meet the parents when i was a kid! HaHa!!!
I’m still a kid but I loved this song so much when I was 4 I listend to it at my nanna and grandads house in Scotland it’s so nostalgic 🥺🥺
It's a child's song that older adults like me love.
I’m 13 now but my mom always sang it too me as little kid
Americans had a heart when this song was a hit on the charts. Not so, now that they are communists. They are too smart for love.
This song punched me like a freight train with nostalgia. I haven't thought of this song in decades and I feel bad like Jackie for forgetting it. 💗
This song brings back so many memories for me when I was about 3 three years old. It' a great song from my past. I was three years old in 1965 and to this day, still love hearing it.
My dad was dying in a hospice in the same hospice Peter Yarrows Mom was dying. My son was six months old. Peter came in to visit his mom and sang this song to all there. He came over to me and asked to hold my son and sang to him and us this song. I was in tears and honored. My dad died shortly after that and forever I am grateful for this. I had just been homeless for to years and got sober. It was the beginning of a new life. What a gift🙏❤️🔮🦋🙏
Wow. That’s a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing.
Looks like my post got lost. I got Peter in his hotel room. Nextafternoon he was practicing for thenights concert. His door was open. God blessed me the chance to play this song with peter wow
Every parent, and their kids should listen to this song. I've been listening for over 60 years now.
About 1 gallon on tears now listening to this. My favorite song of all time!
I loved this song when I was little. I still love dragons! But I remember as a child thinking to myself what type of wax do they put on ceilings? 😂😂 I was in middle school when I found out what sealing wax was. It finally hit me, that’s what the song meant! 😮
My grandpa loved this song, he showed it to me when I was very little (25 now.) He's gone now, and it will always make me think of him
Same here with ya ✊🏼
Rest in peace to Zoe and Dana Falkenberg, who were some of the youngest victims of the 9/11 attacks 22 years ago. Zoe was 8 years old and Dana was 3. They, along with their parents, were sadly on board one of the planes that was hijacked that day. Puff the Magic Dragon was reportedly a song that the girls would sing with their parents before bed. So this song has always made me think of them ever since I learned that. Rest in peace to them and all of the other 9/11 victims.
"Let's Roll"
Flight 93
Todd Beamer
it's a sad song about growing older , but was a huge hit for Peter, Paul and Mary in the 1960s ...
For all of its appeal to children, the real story of Puff the Magic Dragon is the loss of innocence and imagination that sadly but almost inevitably occurs as we grow older.
I used to love this song as a little girl. I still love it, but back then, I didn't realize how sad it was.
One of the myriad of novelty records that made the 60's such a special time to be growing up !
I remember watching puff with my older brother as a little kid, forgot about it entirely until my brother reminded me of it a few months ago. Brings back such nostalgia. Love this song sm.
I learned this song at grade 2, and loved it so much not knowing its meaning. Yet today at 61 I still love the song. I appreciate 🙏 it's meaning.
Just amazing masterpiece of MUSIC.👍😄😄😄
I love this song I listen to it every night before bed
Childhood favorite song. ❤
This song is so relaxing.
It is
I believe in dragons and I'd never leave Puff
It is about life and that all humans are mortal
I sang this a lot when I was a kid and now I still know the lyrics and how to sing the song
This music reminds me of my best friend Armando, we were both 8 years old when he passed away, in my arms, his last words 💔 😢 were, I Love you forever Carlos, and he was gone, I hope I see you soon Armando. 😔
I Love you still.
I remember singing this in when I was is Tk, now I’m in Middle school and when I remembered this song I got hit with so much nostalgia 😭🖐
i always think about this song and i cry when i listen to it. my aunt would play this song and me and my sister would do little dances and she would play on the piano or just watch us. she died just a couple months ago. even though she might be gone i’m happy this isn’t.
I remeber in elementary my music teacher would always teach us the lyrics and we would sing this but then he left the school he was my favorite teacher im in middle school but this is still nostalgic
I forgot how depressing this song is, Damn we really out here on that mortality shit
This was one of my childrens song when i was little. And that was like 25 years ago🤣😂😅 i miss this song i always play this in my casette tapes.
What a most beautiful song?
Dragons live forever, but not so little boys...
Apparently there was an additional final where Puff becomes the imaginary friend of a different child. Unfortunatly that verse was left on the type writer and has since been lost to the midst of time... (A similar problem happened with Elton John's "Daniel"...)
Lenny forgot
Precious
love the song and the origional movie Pete's Dragon with Mickey Rooney..
I bought the sheet music. Puff lives in adventura, and loves Jamaican food.
One of my top 3 saddest songs. Second only to Billy Don’t Be A Hero😢😢😢
What’s the other one?
Billy Don't Be a Hero is just a fantastic song. You have great taste in music
'Puff the Magic Dragon' Story of a little boy outgrowing his childhood imaginary friend...
My poppy used to sing this to me all the time man I miss those days
This song is so joyful ☺
I absolutely do not understand the mindset of people who mockingly say this song is about drugs. To assign such a shallow meaning to this song is almost as sad as the actual, legitimate subject matter of the song itself.
It can be about drugs. An adult using drugs and regressing into a magic land and then loses it when he/she gradually sobers. I personally think it is about a child growing up and getting out of innocence, but I can see the hallucination angle too.
No it's not about drugs it's about the antichrist 👍☠️🙀😈💩
I don’t understand why other people’s mindset seems to produce such a reaction in you. It can mean anything you want it to mean
@@davidcoomber4050 i agree with you
I find this song calm and innocent.
My Aunt Candy sang this song to me when was little miss her.
beautiful
I sing this as a lullaby to my kids
awwe poor baby spyro even the big one tio😅😮😢🎉❤❤❤
Listening to this after singing it when i was 7 I’m
14 now and I understand the meaning
Saddest song ever 😭
✝️🌹🕊GOD BLESS ALL
,,,nice
Damn, just got sucker punched with nostalgia. My mom and dad always played this when I was a kid. I am now 41 😭 😭
Jay terry and keely nurse joy and Phil DIFFY sing puff magic dragon at rent party tonight
I used to sing this to my kids to get them to go to sleep at night. We had to take turns though. I had eight children. Five boys and three girls.
What a sad ending 😥
When there are three or four kiddies around. I will play this song and always they ask wheres puff i say waiting for a friend i get im not afraid of puff
so god
Very sad song.
Which part y'all can say it is about drugs? When it is about "pufF THE MAGIC DRAGON"
The fockers brought me here.....unfortunately
I dont see it.
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
that really sad why can't we know what happened to Puff now he severe depression I hope he found somebody else. What happened to Jackie Paper sadly happened to me
At music in school my ears bleed but I'm alr and I get confrent and I'm forcing my self to whatch it
Btw my name irl is quinn now I love it
Hahahaha 🤣😅😆🤣
Don't why folks keep sending comments to me addressed to Jason?
Jackies such a jerk. He had one true friend that would've stayed with him no matter what, and he sennt him away. This song makes me sob whenever i hear it
Randy from South Park is going to chase that Dragon to each of the four edges of Earth. He'll catch that dragon one day, one way or another.
I only know this song from Meet the Parents lol
😂❤🙏🌟🇺🇲🎁
😅😅😅😅
This song is so relaxing like smoking some joint
Why didn't Jackie ever come back 😪
He grew up and forgot Puff.
He grew up and found other toys.😓
IKLAN SASA
Who would of guessed it wasn't really about a dragon...
Actually it was!
It was about a dragon. It's based on an earlier children's poem Custard the Dragon, apparently.
It seems to be about a toy dragon whose friend, the little boy, eventually grows up and stops playing with the toy and imagining all kinds of adventures. Of course, that leaves out the next generation.
The "drug" interpretation is just a bunch of degenerates twisting a touching song about childhood nostalgia into something to do with their drug obsession.
sorry Trump.......i quit tobacco roads land.......
Oh give over, Trump is gone, you have Saint Biden now.
@@carminemurray6624 yeah nah
@@carminemurray6624Joe Biden is a senile schmuck!!!
Why are people getting political it's just a song about a dragon lol
For real!! I was enjoying all the kindred spirits of people who cry hearing this. I wanted the album so badly in 67 when my daddy was in damn nam...let's just say I was almost a teenager, but I even knew it was about growing up leaving childhood imagination behind. I cried then and I cry now, but its a beautiful song. The harmony, everything about it. ✌ ❤
Puff was a pot head