Peter, Paul and Mary "Puff, the Magic Dragon" (25th Anniversary Concert) UNLISTED
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- Опубліковано 1 вер 2015
- Peter, Paul and Mary perform "Puff, the Magic Dragon" live at their 25th anniversary concert in 1986. Now, two and a half decades later, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the formation of the group in the famed Greenwich Village, this joyous yet deeply moving live concert is being first released on DVD by Shout! Factory.
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The lyrics for "Puff, the Magic Dragon" were based on a 1959 poem by Leonard Lipton, a 19-year-old Cornell University student. Lipton was inspired by an Ogden Nash poem titled "Custard the Dragon", about a "realio, trulio little pet dragon."
The lyrics tell a story of the ageless dragon Puff and his playmate Jackie Paper, a little boy who grows up and loses interest in the imaginary adventures of childhood and leaves Puff alone and depressed. (Because of the line "A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys", the lyrics may imply to some that Jackie Paper dies.) The story of the song takes place "by the sea" in the fictional land of Honalee (the spelling used by author Lenny Lipton, though non-authoritative variations abound.)
Lipton was friends with Peter Yarrow's housemate when they were all students at Cornell. He used Yarrow's typewriter to get the poem out of his head. He then forgot about it until years later, when a friend called and told him Yarrow was looking for him, to give him credit for the lyrics. On making contact Yarrow gave Lipton half the songwriting credit, and he still gets royalties from the song.
In an effort to be gender-neutral, Yarrow now sings the line "A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys" as "A dragon lives forever, but not so girls and boys." The original poem also had a verse that did not make it into the song. In it, Puff found another child and played with him after returning. Neither Yarrow nor Lipton remembers the verse in any detail, and the paper that was left in Yarrow's typewriter in 1958 has since been lost.
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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
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 whenever 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.
aww....jeez... i am 68 now, and this just brought a tear to my eye.....
This song touches my heart. Like the song Toyland. It's sweet but so sad.
Traumhaft schön.
I'm 51 yrs old now, but I felt like I was 9 yrs old AGAIN in 1978 when this WONDERFUL, LOVING, & GREAT, GREAT CARTOON came out.
I sat here in Mobile Alabama & cried listening to this GREAT SONG, then I found the Puff The Magic Dragon cartoon, I WATCHED IT & CRIED SOME MORE.
Thank you Peter, Paul, & Mary...THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A GREAT GREAT SONG & AN EVEN GREATER YOUTHFUL MEMORY!!!
Much love from Mobile Alabama.
His introduction to the song is classic in itself!
Mary, we miss you so desperately, but thank you for the music, your peace, your time, your grace.
What happened to Mary?
@@harrypotterfan9390 she passed away in 2009 from complications from chemo
I love this song. It remembers me at my english teacher and teacher of our singing group in school. I loved this teacher and how he sing this and other songs. He was teacher of the year any time after my school time (Abi 2000).
A childhood favorite :)
I still love Puff....xxcc
Old but solid gold
thanks for the music
Loved Pugf the Magic Dragon
EINE HYMNE EINFACH SUPER
I'm puffing right now
Once Mark Russell satirized some good cause supported primarily by cigarette taxes, so he sang the song, "Puff, and keep on draggin'"
As far as I know they continue to deny to this day that Puff is a song about Marijuana. I Love the song and have now introduced it to my granddaughter but can it really be about anything else? Naming the Boy Jackie Paper and the Dragon Puff are the biggest reasons I feel this way, though most of the lyrics support it. To me it is a great story of outgrowing the "need for weed".
@@mark99k lol you think there was no weed 60 years ago,look it up mate
@@elvissadsongspresley5913 He is clearly saying that it was not common to talk about drugs or Mary jane at this time. The original poem was written in 1959, before the counterculture movement made drugs a common topic in conversation. It was still very taboo in the 1950's to talk about drugs.
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