497- "PUFF The MAGIC DRAGON"...And Its Simple Meaning!...

A) The tune, "folk pop", was based on a 1959 poem by a then 17-yr-old Cornell U. student, Leonard Lipton, and was inspired by Ogden Nash's "Custard the Dragon."
B) In a taped interview, recently (saw it), Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary, upfront, told us that NOTHING EVER, originally, had anything to do with "weed" use!!!! This sociology guy calls it one of those freaking "urban legends" created by someone/s in our society with a constant habit of creating a L-I-E and others jumping on the bandwagon! Someone did trace that back to that "someone" and got that answer. The same type of L-I-E goes back to "someone", in an earlier blog here, trying to subvert our simple "Louie Louie."
C) As simple as imagination can be, the story of Puff is about a sense of idealism...being innocent...rejuvenating our original imaginative spirt...taking time to be a child!
D) The song is the simple story of an ageless dragon, Puff, and a playmate, Jackie Paper, and ADVENTURES of childhood....NO freaking more!
E) This author, as a child, was IN LIKE with the story of Puff...and could then and now sing it with feeling! The words and philosophy ARE a part of my being....

G) "PUFF The MAGIC DRAGON"

"Puff the magic dragon, lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land call Hanah 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 Hanah Lee. Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Hanah Lee.
Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail Jackie kept a look out perched on Puff's gigantic tail, Noble kings and princes would bow where're they came Pirate ships would lower their flags when Puff rode on his mane.
Oh, Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the 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 Je 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 migic dragn lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn most in a land called Hanah Lee. Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Hahah Lee.

SEE? Simple...now you know, just like..."Louie Louie".... As this guy has explained many times before: YOU, please, go to the source...know your history. Be savy enough to know the difference between someone LYING and the TRUTH!!!!!