Puff The Magic Dragon
Paul and Mary Peter Lyrics

@SpaceLord2025

i clicked dislike!!!

@roccospencer53

My son Eric was my Jacky, when he left this world, I went to my cave and have been there ever since. I miss you son, Dad loved you.

@sewmanyprimitives

😢

@nbenefiel

I was on a bus from Vienna to Budapest back in 71. There were young people from all over the world. Someone started singing Michael rowed the boat ashore, then Puff the Magic Dragon. We sang all the way to Budapest.

@craigplainfield6662

In 1962 or 63 Peter, Paul and Mary came to my 5th grade class and sang Puff. I still remember it vividly to this day.

@ikawlangsapatna1260

wow thats so amazing

@ikawlangsapatna1260

where?

@Patrick.M1903

amazing

@madcam7759

that must have been so cool

@voidportal574

Lucky

@danieldiprose3532

I remember my father telling me that the day I first went to primary school he was driving me there in my new uniform. At the time I was obsessed with puff the magic dragon and was singing this song on my way there. As he drove his kid to their first day of school I sang “a dragon lives forever, but not so little boys”. 7 year old me had no idea, but my father told me years later as I finished high-school, that he bawled his eyes out on his way home. Beautiful but haunting song.

@davidpeckham8275

😭😭Shit man thats as
nostalgic as it gets.

@astorkitty

I'm already crying from the song ..your comment just made me cry harder. I miss my dad terribly, and my mom for that matter. It's a very poignant song :( Very touching comment

@habedoudefiant3754

That is the lyric why it was banned? If it was, How stupid.

@louisng7539

The song is sadly touching in ways that all of us can understand. Puff is the embodiment of the innocence of youth and the ease of youthful friendships and play. When this song brings a tear to the eye, we not only cry for Puff the Magic Dragon, we cry for our own abandoned youth and its lazy sun filled days and fantastic adventures. Our tears pay homage to a simpler past that we envision sadly slipping into the cave along with the lonely dragon.

@DeplorableJaredBrodersen

I thought this song was about marijuana and getting high

@rhondaboncutter5812

@@DeplorableJaredBrodersen Wow!

@judsonkr

Spot-on.

@judsonkr

​@@DeplorableJaredBrodersenum no. Not what it is about.

@cosmodozer

Marijuana ….. ummm ok

@engineeringartist4801

Sixty years later I realize that Peter, Paul, and lovely Mary were actually the magic and it still lives today.

@davidburton612

I was about 24 when I first heard this song loved it then and I still love it today. I'm old now, 81 Time sure gets by fast!! Puff is still around---- at least in my heart!

@stegosaurus206

Ah that's so cute!!!

@rhondaboncutter5812

Mine, also! I am 67 and have loved this since I was a kid! God Bless ya!

@johnn1a2

Me as well sir I’m 64 years young, time sure is slipping away from our earthly bonds

@rhondaboncutter5812

David, I am almost 68, still love this song! God Bless You!

@rosiec.9962

My teacher would always sing this when I was in second grade. I am onto my 20’s now. So glad this song has lived on through generations

@cpklapper

The bittersweet memories of growing up in the 1960’s. I am a 1958 baby.

@teedeeiss

"Bittersweet memories" you got that right! I'm a 10-11-59 baby that grew up in NYC 1:00 pm 9-1-21

@teedeeiss

LOL...I meant 1AM, not pm

@dimitriisov1262

I can't explain how as an adult this still viscerally hurts me to the core. I think I just always associated this song with loneliness and I still feel that vast loneliness today when I hear this just like I'm 5 years old.

@guitarbust9418

My 4 yr old daughter listened to the song today, and she cried and told her mom she was sad.

@lindalang3600

Peace to you

@suicidejon

Oh my God sit down and be a man have you never heard of stoicism? Or you just easily moved to tears by anything? God man up. Your sentiment is too much to bear and is nauseating you should be embarrassed.

@marcusbaker1092

@@guitarbust9418 I remember feeling the same way around 5 or 6 (21 now). Something about the melody has this deeply sad undertone and I feel sad whenever I hear jt

@guitarbust9418

@@marcusbaker1092 Yes there's an undercurrent of sadness about childhood growing up, and leaving loved ones behind. Things Change!

@geni2906

My cat was called Puff in stuff. She was born in 1968 and I had her for 21 years. I used to sing it to her. My heart breaks and bursts when I close my eyes and go back in time to those childhood days and the dreams.

@BibtheBoulder

Sometimes memories can be the most painful of things....

@anniemeigs2731

My first kitty was named Puff. That was 1956., long before the Magic Dragon. More in the time of Dick, Jane, Sally, Spot and Puff from a first reader series. I loved that kitty so. ❣️

@michaeldherbage9948

HR PuffnStuff?

@Querencia7779

God bless your heart. I hope one day, you two will be together again.

@jeffwisler5459

My heart breaks, just reading all these comments

@drewwood7269

I know I’m young (14 years old) but this song will always have a special spot in my heart

@_yix

I'm 13 and my English teacher showed this to my class and now it's one of my favorite songs :')

@TheCotzi

Age is just a number and shoudnt be a handicap for music that can touch your heart you can listening to what you want

@notchuckproductions5029

That’s the Ponint of the song kind of

@SuperEcwchampion

Hey, I was the same age when I listened to this song, and now at 23, I sing it to my kids. Good music never dies.

@rhondaboncutter5812

Drew, I am 67, and I will always love this song! God Bless you!

@ionahunter6759

I sang this song to my son 38 years ago as he sat on my lap I held him close. I forever cherish those moments.

@peterturley1331

💜

@miscellania4263

😢

@themangoman9315

😭

@froggy5584

speaking from a sons point of view he too will always cherish it my mom also sang this to me to put me to sleep when i was a child i am now 40 going on 41 she is 58 and now we play it and sing it together on guitar for me this song will always be special because it bonds me and my mom who i love so much i remember also me and my mom went to san francisco one year and we were walking down lombardi hill we started singing this together we got so into it we started skipping to it down the street people looked at us like we were nuts and when we realized this we started laughing so hard and just continued singing and enjoying areselves and this wonderful song good times

@ionahunter6759

@@froggy5584 Beautiful, thank you.

@tumbelrumbel9148

These comments are pure gold thanks for the beautiful story's I am in tears.😖😪

@carollynn6181

My son loved this song when he was young. He passed 11 years ago today

@certifiedaabattery4762

I feel like this song brings everyone together in happiness or sadness, and this comment definitely proves that, it doesnt matter who you are, or how you feel, this song can make anyone happy or sad, or miss things that havent even happened yet.

@normankeel5898

I remember this song when I was very young. My mom passed away when I was 10 and remember listening to it before then. Always brings a tear to my eye. Isn’t it something how music brings back memories even over 43 years ago?

@xxteoxxxxteoxx147

I’m so sorry to hear that. He’s asleep now awaiting the return of Christ.

@miscellania4263

I’m very very sorry for your loss

@bobbyb7979

So sorry Carol, God must have needed an angel. I know you will see your son again one day.

@54wordgal

One of the saddest songs about the loss of friendship. I remember hearing it as a child, and even then it was so haunting, it made me cry.

@rhondaboncutter5812

It was not so about a loss of friendship as a loss of loosing our imagination! Like finding out about Santa broke my heart! Innocence loss!

@bradster67

Peter Yarrow, who wrote this, has stated that this song is about ''the loss of innocence in children.''

@rhondaboncutter5812

I did! Former librarian and teacher!

@vadimastprojects8770

I don't hear anything sad here.

@maraduncan1620

I agree it is a very deep song

@fonrims32

Puff the Magic Dragon walked out on the Strand.
He looked down and there he saw footprints in the sand.
A voice said Mr. Dragon, please don't be so sad.
My name is Jenny Paper. I was sent here by my dad.

@RealArcalian

I teared up just reading that

@johnlaffan2883

O! Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea

@spedia4217

@@johnlaffan2883 And frolicked in the autumn mist, in a land called Hannalee.

@jackfaile180

Thank you.

@jock-of-ages73

That was beautiful, thank you.🐉

@mfr336

I can't hear this song without bawling my eyes out!

@Fruitbat1

Me too x

@mmtucker

Me too

@superstarreviews9937

Young ones love adventure, games for bold and brave
Soon Daniel Drum and Johnny Plum had found Puff's magic cave
With coloured flags a waving, they dance upon the shore
And children come from miles around to hear Puff's mighty roar

@lizliddle1061

I remember watching this being sung on television. At the end - when Puff "sadly slipped into his cave" another little boy came along and the whole story started all over again. Never give up 😊🎉

@milumav77

I like to believe that Jack would introduce Puff to his own children, nieces/nephews etc.

@live2groove

My family wanted me to sing this at my mom's funeral.. I can't listen to that last verse without getting choked up, there's no way I could've ever made it through this song.

@reginauldvandersnoot7928

Sorry for your loss, and I wouldn't have made to the end either...

@reginauldvandersnoot7928

Thank-you for the thumbs up...

@rosswynne2379

Bless

@yutopia7

Ever since I read this comment I can’t make it through the last verse either. It hits me hard almost every time. This song is now way more than just being about growing up and losing innocence.

@suicidejon

It's a good thing she never lived to hear you sing this song, she'd probably die from embarrassment. Lol you know this song's about drugs right? How fitting you're probably a drug addict and your mother was probably a w**

@reginauldvandersnoot7928

I'm 61 and this has been my Favorite song since I was 6 yrs old, when I first heard it...

@dean5220

Hello Reginauld, How are you doing?

@breesoto7615

I’m 29 and my grandpa used to sit with me and play this song on his guitar ❤️ I’ll cherish those memories for ever. Thank you Grandpa!🙏🏽

@judsonkr

You are lucky to have them.

@suicidejon

Right before he molested you?

@jamiedennis1928

@@judsonkr hi nice

@chilli_Tea

yer granda was a beast

@PeaceLoveAndRico

Mine too, it warms my bones to hear it.❤🎉

@barborford5793

I am a 1954 baby and my sister a 1957, so at this age, I hear this song and reminds me of my little sister Suzie, whom I love with all my heart and what a wonder world it was in 1965. unlike today

@camillebriski3527

My dad used to sing this song to me and my sister when we were children. We’d sit on our bunk beds and he’d sing the whole thing softly to us. I never understood it as a child, but now I do. I can’t listen to it without crying. It makes me feel safe and small again. Reminds me how easy it was to be a child. It makes me really miss my father.

@markfoor4137

I sang this for my kids when they were little...I think that they now(in their 20's) understand that it is about the loss of childhood innocence.

@suicidejon

He sang this song to you and your sister right before he molested you both?

@mikestanley9176

My mom would sing this to my siblings and I when we were little.

@ViertelvorVolf

This is the best song about smoking Weed.

@robertaward8479

@@mikestanley9176
My mother sang this song to us as well. She made sure we knew all the words. She recently passed away last week and I can suddenly remember all the songs she liked and made sure we knew them too.
Downtown and Ferry Across the Mercy was one of her favorites too.

@lorenzonotarianni1667

In 1993 I travelled to Denmark and with a fellow Italian we met some really pretty danish girls. We hanged around with them for a week or so. My friend didn't know a word of english. I did as I knew how to sing in english. This danish girl played the guitar and we both sang this song. For the life of me I can't remember how we chose this song. Singing this song with her deepened our bond. Nope, we didn't become a couple in the end. It just deepened our bond for the short time I spent in Denmark. Now whenever I hear this song I think of a beautiful blonde blue eyed girl from Fredericia and how we shared a beautiful few days together.
Greetings from Italy and a melancholic middle aged Italian dude.

@linusbennemann6981

Lorenzo Notarianni Thank you for sharing. I love hearing little stories like this

@lorenzonotarianni1667

@@linusbennemann6981 Thankyou for reading and appreciating.

@dales769

Did you score?

@lorenzonotarianni1667

@@dales769 Yep.

@johnvienta7622

The difficult thing is trying to find any Danish girls who are not pretty.

@bartroberts3634

At 62 I find myself missing the music of the 60s an 70s.If I had known it would be gone somefay I would have stayed a little longer.

@jollyjokress3852

Without his lifelong friend, Puff could not be brave 😢😢

@aliadizzle

Does anyone else cry every time they hear this song?

@rocketmom60

+aliadizzle  Always.

@MarioLabot

+aliadizzle I lose it after "One grey night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more"

@aliadizzle

+Mario Labot -- Me too! That whole verse - "Dragons live forever but not so little boys
Painted wings and giant strings make way for other toys..." and beyond, omg, I seriously lose it. I'm not talking like, oh, that's sad, I am talking full on tears and sobs. Poor Puff :(

@thelastmeridian-animefight1284

+aliadizzle Same... And I'm in a public library writing a paper.

@diehardhushfan

Me

@bobharrison9243

I didn't realize there were so many people in this world that like me, that always will love love Puff, it can bring a tear to an eye even today. Miss you Mary & all that you brought to the world.

She was an astounding presence

@thediamondstewyt8260

Kerrie Tapp it isn’t

@rhondaboncutter5812

@@thediamondstewyt8260 You are so right! It was a song we needed years ago!

@tomryugo5742

@Kerrie Tapp Peter Yarrow's roommate at Cornell, Leonard Lipton, wrote the words after he read Ogden Nash's poem "Custard the Dragon" and thought he could write a better poem. Yarrow found it on the typewriter and realized he could put music to it. I think it's pretty clearly based on English folklore. Yarrow always said it was about the loss of innocence. Puff is really a toy and a figment of a little boy's imagination. Eventually, little boys grow up and quit playing with toy dragons.

@judsonkr

@Kerrie Tapp No it is not.

@urbroz

I remember crying to this song when i was in elementry school. This exact video too.

@alfredjwa7118

Hi. I am South Korean. I've been listening to this song since I was exactly 11 years old. It's a piece of music I learned during school music class, and I remember listening to it at home since then because I loved the music so much. I am now 20 years old, but memories of that time still remain precious to me.

@handlesmcdaniels8963

Maybe get some new songs to listen to then. Loser

@HaswellCore

@@handlesmcdaniels8963 what is wrong with you

@handlesmcdaniels8963

@@HaswellCore he’s my cousin so relax

@sylviamawson6239

You're not on your own it's still as popular today and everyone with a heart loves it

@episkopi08

My wife looks at me as if I am stupid when she sees me listening to this. Her loss.

@rhondaboncutter5812

i always enjoy this song and I am 63!

@rhondaboncutter5812

Be proud to listen to this, it is something from childhood we will always cherish!

@rhondaboncutter5812

Oh, this song means so much more than the words! We are loosing our innocence when we leave Puff behind! I never totally did that! Taught in an Elementary School, kept some of the feeling! Retired now, but still believe in childhood!

@AndryFae21

29 and my ex husband and I used to sing this at our tiny apt lol

@rhondaboncutter5812

Be young in your heart as long as you can!

@LL-uw6sm

If this song doesnt pull on your heartstrings..and make you feel happy and sad at the same time..

@josephpeeler5434

I wouldn't trust a person not moved by this song.

@AngrySwimmingCat

My cat died a month ago and this song really helps me get it all out. We got her when I was 7 and I had her longer than I’ve been without her. I really have lost my lifelong friend but we’ll see each other again one day.

@mudduck754

61 years old and still cry when I hear this song..

@minkaollie

I'm 62 and haven't heard this song in a long time, I can still sing every word!! and yes, I cry....

@rhondaboncutter5812

So do I!

@rhondaboncutter5812

I remember all the words, too! I used to be a school librarian! I so enjoyed getting kids to try so many new books! Imagine is so important especially if you love to read!

@rhondaboncutter5812

Imagination, able to see the picture a book is showing you! Read! Go anywhere you want to!

@bradster67

I'm 51 and cry every time I hear this...and I mean EVERY TIME!

@joewroblewski5334

why?

@andycraddock7677

RIP Mary. Your wonderful voice, charm and all the joy PPM has brought me over the decades. Miss you. 😢

@reverseclouds1663

@Sean Animations she passed away back in 2009

@otterzrkuhl

17 years of life and I’ve never managed to listen to this without crying.

@dean5220

Hello Lynnette, How are you doing?

@otterzrkuhl

Dean Martel pretty good

@dean5220

@@otterzrkuhl Where are you from?

@otterzrkuhl

Dean Martel I’m not going to tell you that

@DCMook

@@dean5220 most likely earth

@janepang484

Peter, Paul & Mary 💖👸👬🤩
Great!🎼🎵🎸🎤📀🎧💯👍👏
From Hong Kong🙋‍♀️🌏💝🌺🥰

@cozmo891

I always kind of figured that jackie died in this song, but the line “dragons live forever, but not so little boys” might imply that jack just... grew up, and just lost interest in puff, which I honestly think is way sadder

@wooltweed

Way sadder...I listen to this song and hope that there’s more verses and Jackie returns when he realises the value of this friendship.

@lordbonney9779

How the flying fuck do you lose interest in A BLOODY DRAGON!
It’s not a fish! It’s a real life dragon, bitch please tell me how!

@conejodemercurio6301

@@lordbonney9779 XD true

@elisabethlewis8626

@@lordbonney9779 I had always assumed that Puff was a stuffed toy, and the adventures were simply imagined, still super sad though

@douggrey6253

That is exactly the sadness of this classic tear jerker, Jackie simply got older and as sad as this part of life is, he moves on to other things, leaving poor Puff alone,....all alone, no more with his little friend.

@billgamble5717

I never gave up on Puff as I'm approaching 40. He still sits on my work desk awaiting his next adventure after I punch out.

@yeojunnam

This song reminds me of the days when I wasn't born.

@Rhobae

I get so sad when Jackie Paper didn’t come around and Puff got sad. 💔🐉

@Keecatandcrafts

About 9 when my step father showed me this song and I danced on his toes. I’ll never forget those times together listening to this song. 🪽

@antbeecatdog6998

I still believe in Puff. I will always believe in him. ❤️❤️

@skovner

A great song about losing the innocence of childhood play.

@lauriering8215

In early April of1963, Peter, Paul and Mary came to my hospital room and sang Puff and Rain Rain Go Away! We had been in a terrible car accident and stopped on their way to the airport after their concert the night before in Daytona Beach, FL! They were awesome!

@jf13579

My grandmother would sing this to me to help me fall asleep when I was young and hyper-active. As an adult, it still helps me to find inner calm. To anyone who reads this comment ... just a kind and friendly reminder to call or text those people who you love and let them know what they mean to you.

@suicidejon

Your grandmother saying this song to you? Right before she molested you? Nice 👍

@rhondaboncutter5812

I was 12 when this song came out! Loved it then as well as today in 2023!

@gremlinuk1968

So, love this as a old most 54, year old, born May 23rd 1968,! God Bless from northern Ireland UK, but 1st heard when I was a kid in the 70s, 🤝🇬🇧♥️

@wofmann

We give children (innocent) things like this to help hopefully prepare them for the loss - growing up is such a pain in the A

@sideeggunnecessary

Yeah and people think this song is about smoking pot for some reason

@markhelwig5567

A moving song about the cost of growing up. Sadly, a person doesn't have to place their childhood fancies on the cold, unyielding altar of adulthood. They can bring those fancies along with them and share. This song always reminds me of the importance of that.

@jeffrutt5292

When I was a child, this song made me very sad. I wanted to go find puff and play with him, and ride him into the sunset.

@extradimension7356

no worries the guy that wrote the original poem / lyrics went to Cornell University and studied physics, later plagiarized a bunch of other people's work and eventually gave rise to various 3d visualization systems including the Real D cinematic system. An odd yet pragmatic character and given to going off the rails in terms of douche baggery and colorful antics. Pushy and probably a dope head.

@Paranormal_help

My guitar,countless campfires,and this song....
How i mis those days of inocense😊

@cybrarian9

Lord love the innocence of a sweet song and a whole group of folks just sitting and singing and dreaming about a little boy named "Jackie" and a dragon named "Puff."

@moshichan06

The audience gently singing along is something very touching to see.

@GumbootZone

1:59 I wonder if any old people have ever looked up this song, watched this video, then said "Hey! That's ME in the crowd!!"

@pragnur5924

Cumboot Zone

@Ihatecommies42

I remember This was My favorite Song, when I was four Years old.

@rogerwmorgan

Pure irresistible fantasy. Forget about all the "theories".... this one took us ALL to the same magical place in our minds and dreams. Kings and vagabonds sang along together in simpler times meant for pleasures, many of which disappeared around the time this wonderful song faded out.

@count_bodies_like_sheep9296

My mom used to sing this to me as a child. Now I sing it to my daughter.

@qwipperty

Everyone else can go off and grow up. I'm staying with Puff. :D

@kathleenkalpakis649

I don’t know why but I always cry when I hear this song.

@bertramlist7088

hearing this song, it instant brings me to tears.

@randyh.4453

I remember that my mother used to sing this song to me...when i was a little boy ...it fucking hurts shes gone...I hear this song...and it makes me cry so much...and cry 😢 i wish I died..and not her..

@thomasmelton699

How can you NOT shed a tear? It's a timeless tale of the childhood passing into adulthood and the loss of innocence😢

@Power_aNd_Glory

This song is about weed

@thomasmelton699

@@Power_aNd_Glory that is sooo twisted!

@Power_aNd_Glory

@@thomasmelton699 It's true.

@thomasmelton699

@@Power_aNd_Glory you have the right to your opinion

@Power_aNd_Glory

@@thomasmelton699 I have the right to the truth.

@ediekoller1144

I still love their music and I am going on 78 years old.

@WindexL

Was anyone else addicted to this song as a kid?

@stang1985

Wonderful song! brings a smile to my face and a tear to my eye.

@marcosgarcia2643

Only 1? A lot here!

@suicidejon

Gay

@rowannicholls7285

Hi from rowan

@suicidejon

And Kenneth ur so gay.

@suicidejon

Oh God get over it. You are obviously easily moved, this song is ridiculous. Glad a song sung by two drug addicted men in their prostitute about doing drugs can move you to tears. Nice buddy. Man up quit being a little crybaby.

@finalfrontier3333

Pure talent, no additional sound affects. This deserves appreciation!

@mornalika1

I used to cry when I heard this song as a child and now an adult of 68 I still can't listen to it. I feel the pain of that imaginary dragon losing his dearest friend and not understanding why.

@boris2342

this what real music sounds like

@vickiecook6953

I drove an hour on half just to hear this song in a 67 VW BUS..never forget it

@halo_odst2616

I'm jealous

@Phrancis5

As a middle-aged guy, hearing this childhood folk song really brought tears to my eyes. I guess I never really thought about the sad lyrics. Maybe a night of insomnia while packing up my house of 15 yrs to move and going through boxes of so many dusty old sentimental possessions made me think of this song. Maybe I need to let go of childhood memories and dump some of these strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff...

@dianedevery2662

Me too 😔 First song I learned in a new school, in a new country, after flying from England to Australia.

@maryfrancesbeckerhaggerty5353

Phrancis
5 I feel your pain. I just turned 55 in December and think more and more about my childhood. While most memories are good they bring tears to my eyes and it feels as though someone is squeezing or rather, ringing out my heart. I don't get it. Happy memories that don't make me "feel" happy. I'm often confused about this and have come to the conclusion that while the memories are great, I'm terribly sad that they, along with some of the family members and friends are forever gone. I know they live on in my heart and mind - blah blah blah but nonetheless I still feel sad. Ugh, if we could only help the way we "feel"........ P.S. love the spelling of Francis (I guess I'm Phrancis lol)

@Phrancis5

@@maryfrancesbeckerhaggerty5353 Yes, Phrancis = Francis. A good Catholic name for sure, although I'm trying to accept the more Eastern mantra that everything is fleeting. Change is inevitable and we need to accept and even appreciate that nothing lasts forever and to live more in the moment - to cherish the present. I suppose good memories would not be so special if we were immortal. Just like the lyrics in the Pink Floyd song "Time", I'm trying to accept the seemingly uneven passage of time and my current age. Aging is hard, since we tend to have an existential crisis and see our eventual end. I grew up in a family of scientists and not very religious, but I'm comforted in the fact that we all return to the elements which all new life is built from and our energy dissipates into the universe. Energy and matter can not be created or destroyed, just transformed from one state to another. Carl Sagan did say we are all "star dust". We are all part of the universe. - Sorry, I'm rambling, but hope you feel better and still cherish the special moments, even if they are just memories.

@maryfrancesbeckerhaggerty5353

@@Phrancis5 Thank you - Btw Irish Catholic - Maryfrances

@andyvhemer3312

@@maryfrancesbeckerhaggerty5353 ja, i am half irish half German

@camzpras3435

May every little boy stay like Little Jackie Paper forever

@shellyagnes5167

Heard this as a child, little Dragon, love you.

@dean5220

Hello Shelly, How are you doing?

@shellyagnes5167

@@dean5220 Good how are you Dean?

@dean5220

@@shellyagnes5167 I’m doing well thanks for asking Shelly, Where are you from?

@shellyagnes5167

@@dean5220 NORTH

@shellyagnes5167

@@dean5220 NORTH

@charliesipple4349

Loved this song when I first heard it in High School. All of my friends thought it was about drugs but to me it it was about a little boy growing up and leaving his imaginary dragon behind as well as his childhood. A song with great meaning to me as a teenager as I too was leaving behind my childhood. As with all my friends we were all in love with Mary, how could you not be!

@usmcbob01

Not about drugs but they got great mileage out of the rumor!

@charlesflannery4610

The drugs was a big conspiracy theory and probably still is. Around the 80s they tried to make everyone think certain songs referenced drugs. There was even people who thought Rocky Mountain High was about drugs. Just because it has the word high? Maybe it started with Puff like smoking.

@rachdarastrix5251

Funny thing about that, you hear that theory, then you listen to the lyrics of the song again.

1: You realize whoever came up with that theory was mentally ill.

2: But you do now want to know if after Puff's human friend died of old age, and he became depressed, did Puff ever get over it?

@josephpeeler5434

The dragon is childhood.

@italia689

My high school "health" teacher told us it was about drugs, and Lucy in the Sky was about LSD.

He had nothing better to do with himself.

@amourdem

Childhood song 🙂🤍💙

@sewmanyprimitives

My brother sang this to me…he went to Nam and he never sang again. RIP Smokestack. See you on the other side😢❤

@lucyannanixon7714

PUFF THE MAGIC DOGG IS A GOOD FRIEND TO ME

@coley7351

Don't matter how old i get as soon as I hear this song i become a little boy again

@elig6590

The power of music! It takes us back...like a time machine

@michaelhull216

This song throws me back to kindergarten black n white TV and the cold ear ooohhh those were the days as does Melanie singing lay it all down and brand new key

@vvtli808

As a young pup (49), I can agree!

@rhondaboncutter5812

@@michaelhull216 I remember those years!

@SuperParatech

Exactly

@artanis4ever

Growing up I used to hear my father pick out this song on his guitar and sing it with so much joy. He couldnt read music but still taught himself to play guitar, piano and banjo. Today he is deep in the throes of dementia and his guitar is silent as he has no memory now of how to play it. I cant get sing this song all the way through without tearing up, thinking of my father sitting in his beat up old rocking chair, playing his guitar and singing this song. Here's to you Dad and I love you!

@richardhellems319

65 and this always a tear bringer why dnt people play real music anymore

@richardbeck3404

"a dragon lives forever but not so little boys" RIP Lenny Lipton

@daisystuart2913

I wasn’t born in the 60s I grew up in the 2000s and still my dad and me always sing this it means so much to me honestly...

@Moonmoon-ws6jo

I was the same but it was my grandpa who sung it, which made it even more special. Even if i wasnt his blood-related grandkid, he would still sing to me a beautiful song. Made me feel belonged to his side of the family. The song seems to be special for everyone, its nice.

@omegon88

I'm still crying when I hear this song, fifty years later.

@randyh.4453

Larry
it really hurts...alot..i miss my mother so much

@omegon88

@@randyh.4453: so do i.....

@randyh.4453

@@omegon88
it just really hurts me that shes gone..Larry she used to visit me in the hospital when I was sick..and sing it to me..

@randyh.4453

Mac Dever ...nice comment..grow up..youve been reported

@SirKadia

My grandfather used to sing this to me when I was little. I'm going to miss him.

@ykd818

This song is for all of us Adults who have always stayed by and hailed Puff to reign Supreme in Honah Lee

@Marleyjr00X

Puff is the lord of Honah Lee

@geoffmclay3962

My first memory I have stored in my small brain is my dad sitting by my bedside singing this song. He used to sing it to me almost every night. Lmao life was so simple. What even is 2020 anymore ?

@nhagerman9659

Me too every night since I was 3 till I was 8 until my mom and him got devorced

@jaybodenstein609

It always has a tinge of loss and reminder of the sweetness of childhood...I was 14 when this came out...Even as a young teenager I was deeply saddened, reminded of my early childhood and playing with my favorite toys and stuffed animals now sitting lonely in a closet or on a shelf. I'm 75 and still shed a tear now and then.

@seanmurphy5045

My oldest sister (11 years older) was a good piano player and singer. She and I would sit at the piano while she sang to me. This was my favorite along with Georgy Girl and downtown. Those of a certain age can guess the era. It's my favorite childhood memory. I looked behind one time and saw our mother watching and smiling, looking so happy to watch us. Cathy died last year but I'll always have those memories (I'm now 60). Too the end of my days I'll always think of myself as Cathy's little brother. I've been so lucky to have had her

@markjones2453

I'm 47 listen to this when I was a young kid sucks getting older you get older people die and things change and people that were once there are gone forever... Sad

@BarbellRoy

Not an emotional guy but this song has always made me teary eyed. Still to this day and I'm 38

@RWBHere

@@icewaterslim7260 Same, and I'm a retiree. My kid sister used to fall to sleep to this.

@icewaterslim7260

@@RWBHere guys that was somebody using my phone that replied in this thread . .
I cried when Old Yeller died

@conniemcmurry9589

Don't feel too bad, I'm 70 !!

@rhondaboncutter5812

I am 66! Grew up with all the best of music!

@tedstout7439

@@rhondaboncutter5812 61 here. Agreed.

@gokuson8957

They fall like rain from my eyes every time...

@jameswest8280

I met Puff, he was multi colored, furry, and cuddly. I rode on his back while he flew through the mountains of Honah Lee.

@miftahabidin2504

beautiful

@rhondaboncutter5812

Born in 1953, as I grew up with music, loved this song, still do in 2021! Puff was a child's imagination! When we loose that we are hit with reality! Kids need to believe in fairy tales for a while! Real life is hard! This song was important!

@ericschnelten1193

I cry every time I hear this song. “ ... not so for little boys”

@lordofthestings

When i was a boy this song would bring tears to my eyes because jackie left that rascal Puff. I remember watching the animated movie. It still makes my eyes swell when i listen to it

@isolated_alien2996

.. I remember when my bearded dragon spike passed away. He was as old as me (18). I just finished touching up his grave today every summer we’d go out in the yard and we’d lay in the sun. He’d never try to run off. He’d just lay next to me. I miss my little dragon terribly