Puff the Magic Dragon

By Peter Yarrow, Leonard Lipton

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CHORUS Puff, the magic dragon——lived by the—sea——
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And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Hon-ah-lee,
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Little Jackie——paper loved that rascal puff,
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And brought him strings and sealing wax and other—fancy—stuff—,oh—

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Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail,
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Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puffs gigantic tail,
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Noble kings and princes would bow when e’er they came,
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Pirate ships would lower their flag when Puff roared out his name. oh!

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A dragon lives forever but not so little boys
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Painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys.
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One grey night it hap-pened, Jackie paper came no more
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And Puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar. Oh!

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His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain,
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Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane.
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Without his life-long friend, puff could not be brave,
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So Puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped in—to his cave. oh!
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(But we can bring him out if we sing it one more time)

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