In it, Puff found another child and played with him. The original poem also had a stanza that was not incorporated into the song. Yarrow now sings the line "A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys" as "A dragon lives forever, but not so girls and boys", to be fair to boys and girls. On making contact, Yarrow gave Lipton half the songwriting credit, and he received royalties to the song until his death in 2022. He then forgot about it until years later, when a friend called and told him Yarrow was looking for him, to give him credit for the lyrics. He used Yarrow's typewriter to get the poem out of his head. Lipton was friends with Yarrow's housemate when they were all students at Cornell. The song's story takes place "by the sea" in the fictional land of "Honah Lee". The lyrics tell a story of the ageless dragon, Puff, and his playmate, Jackie Paper, a little boy who grows up and moves on from the imaginary adventures of childhood, leaving a disheartened Puff on his own. Lipton was inspired by an Ogden Nash poem titled " The Tale of Custard the Dragon", about a "realio, trulio little pet dragon". The lyrics for "Puff, the Magic Dragon" are based on a 1959 poem by Leonard Lipton, then a 19-year-old Cornell University student. After the song was released, Yarrow searched for Lipton to give him credit for the song. Lipton wrote a poem about a dragon in 1959, and when Yarrow found it, he wrote the lyrics to "Puff" based on the poem.
It was made popular by Peter, Paul and Mary in a 1962 recording released in January 1963. " Puff, the Magic Dragon" (or just " Puff") is a song written by Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary from a poem by Leonard Lipton.
Not to be confused with Piff the Magic Dragon or Stuff the Magic Dragon.
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