peter, paul, and mary
☆(oh) puff / the magic dragon
lived by the sea
and frolicked in the autumn mist
in a land called honalee (repeat x1)
little jackie paper / loved that rascal puff
and brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff
☆chorus
together they would travel / on a boat with billowed sail
jackie kept a lookout / perched on puff’s gigantic tail
noble kings and princes / would bow whene’er they came
pirate ships would lower their flags when puff roared out his name
☆chorus
a dragon lives forever / but not so girls and 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 / he ceased his fearless roar
his head hung 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
☆chorus (once froliced by the sea)
so of years many did pass / in a land called honalee
one day came an adventurer / to a cave down by a sea
this little one reached up / calling out, “you must be puff
i seek a fearsome dragon friend / are you brave enough? (tough enough)
there be seas (that) need a’sailing / (new) lands yet to explore
we may not have forever / but i’ll love you all the same
my name is mary paper / would you like to come and play?”
that day puff roared a mighty roar / that chased his fears away
★(yes) puff / the magic dragon
lives by the sea (present tense now!)
and frolics in the autumn mist
in a land called honalee (repeat x1)
puff the magic dragon
vocal and piano
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puff the magic dragon
vocal
Link: soundcloud.com/makiaea/puff-the-magic-dragon