{"id":608,"date":"2026-07-15T21:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/?p=608"},"modified":"2026-07-15T21:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:00:05","slug":"puff-the-magic-dragon-by-peter-paul-and-mary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/puff-the-magic-dragon-by-peter-paul-and-mary\/","title":{"rendered":"Puff the Magic Dragon by Peter, Paul, and Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Puff the Magic Dragon is a folk song written by Peter Yarrow, based on a poem written by a Cornell student Leonard Lipton in 1959, which in turn was based on a poem by Ogden Nash (1936).\u00a0 \u00a0 Yarrow made the poem into a song and credited Lipton with co-writing the song.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Peter, Paul and Mary had success with the song when it was broadcast in 1963. and continued to perform the song in concerts.\u00a0 \u00a0 Other performers also recorded the song and it was adapted for TV.<\/p>\n<p>I remember first hearing the song on the radio as an elementary student and then seeing it performed on the Ed Sullivan Show.\u00a0 \u00a0It is part of my psyche now and I still enjoy hearing the song today.<\/p>\n<pre>A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys\r\nPainted wings and giant's rings make way for other toys\r\nOne gray night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more\r\nAnd Puff, that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar...<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_29851\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pLDcXrKF7iM?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&controls=1&disablekb=0&color=red&cc_lang_pref=&rel=1&autohide=2&theme=dark&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Puff the Magic Dragon is a folk song written by Peter Yarrow, based on a poem written by a Cornell student Leonard Lipton in 1959, which in turn was based on a poem by Ogden Nash (1936).\u00a0 \u00a0 Yarrow made <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/puff-the-magic-dragon-by-peter-paul-and-mary\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tales"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Puff the Magic Dragon by Peter, Paul, and Mary - Tales n Tunes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/puff-the-magic-dragon-by-peter-paul-and-mary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Puff the Magic Dragon by Peter, Paul, and Mary - Tales n Tunes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Puff the Magic Dragon is a folk song written by Peter Yarrow, based on a poem written by a Cornell student Leonard Lipton in 1959, which in turn was based on a poem by Ogden Nash (1936).\u00a0 \u00a0 Yarrow made &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/puff-the-magic-dragon-by-peter-paul-and-mary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tales n Tunes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-16T04:00:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PPM.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"D. 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