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Puff the Magic Dragon - Magical
dragon created by the folk rock group Peter, Paul and Mary for
their 1963 album "Moving". The song lyrics follows the story of
Puff, a magical dragon who lives by the sea and frolics in the
autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee.
The song reached Number 2 on the charts nationally on May 11, 1963
and has since become a favorite song to sing to children. Over the
years, the popularity of Puff the Dragon has been fodder for a
number of books, movies, stage plays and TV specials. On
television, Puff the Magic Dragon appeared in three 30-minute
animated TV specials,
Narrated by veteran actor Burgess Meredith, the TV specials had
Puff the Magic Dragon visit various children and help them solve
their problems.
In the 1978 special, Puff visits a shy, withdrawn
boy named Jackie and takes him on a magical adventure across the
sea in a sailboat. Along the journey Jackie meet pirates and
learns a valuable lesson about courage.
In The Land of Living Lies
(1979) Puff helps a young girl who uses her vivid imagination (she
lies a lot) to escape the problems of her troubled home Puff takes
her to the "Land of Living Lies" where she meets such famous
tellers of untruth as the boy who cried wolf and Pinocchio.
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Screen Captures from "Puff
the Magic Dragon (1978) |
Puff (the Magic Dragon) Lyrics
(Lyrics by Peter Yarrow/Leonard Lipton)
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.
TRIVIA NOTE: In the 1960s,
The Douglas AC-47, a World War II Douglas C-47D conversion gunship, was nicknamed
Puff the Magic Dragon, Puff or Spooky
during the Vietnam War. The plane's row of three SUU-11A 7.62mm
mini-guns fired 6,000 round per minute.
These mini-guns protected American ground troops with an awesome
display of fire power as it rained deadly shower of gunfire onto
the enemy below.
Over the years, other aircraft has bore the same named like a Navy
A-6 Intruder fighter jet (A-6E #159314) that sported the artwork
of a fire-breathing dragon under its cockpit.
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