Peter Yarrow - Puff, the Magic Dragon - 1/18/2016 - Paste Studios, New York, NY

Peter Yarrow - Puff, the Magic Dragon
Recorded Live: 1/18/2016 - Paste Studios - New York, NY
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Audio: Bob Mallory
Video: Brad Wagner, Lauren Damaskinos

[@schmenny]

“Puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar…” Rest well, Peter.

[@Smiley959]

Came here to say this. 😢

[@RoyReeder]

His Roar is a welcome for Peter. Met a wonderful friend listening to this song. Thanks Bev!

[@teck49]

Every Kindergartener that went to school in the late 60's has a special place in their hearts for this man (And his group)

[@pinotnoir6974]

Today’s young children will never have the magical experience that my generation did. I’m 61 and crying like a baby. You make me miss my childhood so much. You attack people’s hearts and feelings with so much love and imagination.

[@aprilchan1323]

He'll be missed by generations of young dragon lovers of every age, everywhere

[@KevyNova]

Rest easy, Peter. Thank you for the many years of happy memories.

[@chadnoble9299]

THIS is what You Tube does really well. I never could have found this video on my own, but suddenly my day is bright and happy.

[@jessmyawlincook661]

My Dad sang this to me when I was a baby, it was the only song that would settle me. He recorded himself singing this, so when he was at work, I would still settle down to sleep. 48 years later, I sing this to my Grandson. When I first sang this to him, a huge smile came across his little face. It makes me feel like my Dad is here looking over his first Great Grandson.

[@schellyus]

Ihre Darstellung berührt mich sehr und es zeigt mir, wie wichtig Musik für uns Menschen ist. Gerne würde ich mit Ihnen zusammen musizieren. Alles Liebe und Guet.

[@darrelladams6788]

😂We had a kitty we named Puff and a dog we named Magic both because of the PPM song. Lovely!❤❤

[@hulogsanglangit]

This was my lullaby song too in 1962-63 and my mother left all the words written out for my dad to sing to me when she went to the hospital to have my sister in February of 1964. I was able to bring my son to a Peter Yarrow concert many years later to hear him sing this precious song. It speaks to something very deep in me because of those early days.

[@jaejunlee3377]

I love that he still behaves like silly kids. His joking makes me cry a happy tear.

[@channy6995]

and he also indecently played with little kids as well, but was pardoned by jimmy carter...

[@denniswroblewski988]

When Puff Originally came out back in 1963, I was 5 years old... My Mom would call my name when it came on the radio, and she would yell, Puff is on the radio... and I would run to the radio, and listen so intently... Thank you for such a beautiful memory, I will have til the day I die... -Den

[@nwonomad]

Cool story, I bet it still sounds as good now as it did the first time you heard it

[@debbieschmidling8158]

❤️

[@denniswroblewski988]

@@nwonomad My Mom has been gone for many years now, and yes it is my favorite song, and it sounds even better each time I hear it.. And yes, it still manages to pull a tear from my eye each time I hear it.. But these are good tears... - Den

[@JohnDavis-bi1km]

I saw PP&M in concert in 2007 in Lowell Mass. At age 59, it was my first concert ever. In 2010, for my second concert I saw Bob Dylan in Tulsa OK. Those two concerts met my lifetime requirement. RIP Peter. Thanks for the memories...

[@dantor111]

thank you for clearing that up, as a child i loved this song, later in the 70's i was told that it was about drugs. i didn't want to hear the song anymore until today some 40s later... thank you gave me part my childhood back

[@MarkHunter-j8v]

RIP Peter. Your music defined a generation. Puff, Blowin' in the Wind, Leavin' on a Jet Plane are all classics thanks to Peter, Paul, and Mary. Your music will live on forever.

[@denniswroblewski988]

I was 5 when I 1st heard this song.. I fell in love with it instantly.. My Mom would call me down from upstairs, and tell me that Puff was on the radio.. I listened so intently, and cried every time at the end of the song.. Funny that, even after the new ending I would still cry.. Such a beautiful moment...and memory.. Thank you Paul, from the heart...

[@buyerofsorts]

This simple little song is so sad its unbelievable....

[@lilbitalexis97]

May your memory be a blessing Peter. Thank you for the music.

[@perrynichols3672]

RIP. Loved this song since I was a kid.

[@DanielLovesCars733]

It’s so sad to lose him😢 But his story-song will remain in children and adult hearts forever. RIP Peter Yarrow

[@jonbeckleymorrisblues]

Hi Peter, Many years ago at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado you, Paul, and Mary played there. I was working at Red Rocks with my sister, and Mother with their catering business. As I checked on some baked potatoes I burned my fingers and I believe Peter--pretty tall? Well, he was walking by then with his guitar warming up just as I said, "Ouch!" You know that hot potato. Then he began singing, "Le potato is hot, very hot," strumming his guitar walking down the hallway. I'd seen you all 14 years earlier in '65 at Constitution Hall in Washington, and was looking forward to working your show that day at Red Rocks. But, to have one of you all sing even a line in a warm-up song was pretty damn COOL. Later I went on, and backed up the Mississippi Bluesman R.L. Burnside for a dozen, or more years on harp, and guitar, and there were many stories during that time of my life. But, the one with Paul singing that line to me, and smiling my direction before you all went onstage is about the best story yet! You all sounded great that night. Thanks for the memories. I feel very blessed that I was alive when Peter,Paul, and Mary were playing, singing the stories of all of our lives. Thanks for being there. Jon Beckley Morris

[@jeffmoore4402]

My nickname among my cousins was Puff because I liked this song so much. Thanks, Peter.

[@saskiaisskra3240]

You were always my hero. The very first song I could remember, was puff the magic dragon at age 1. I'm high functioning autistic. My childhood was very hard - I was beaten and rsoed and abused by my father and eventually ended up in a special home. I thought puff was real. Today, I still choose to believe in Puff. And I believe in you and all the wonderful childhood memories you offered me. I'm forever grateful. Thank you to You and Puff.

[@oicuhua]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@dangerouskitchen4819]

One fine day it happened, Puff woke from a dream He thought he heard a familiar voice and Jackie’s laugh it seemed He looked around his cavern and over by the door Stood a little boy with a piece of string and smile he’d seen before “Hello My name is Billy, my dad told me your name He said I’d find you in the cave along the cherry lane“ Puff, that mighty dragon smiled in his joy He’d never be alone again for this was Jackie’s boy CHORUS

[@willg54]

I actually heard that there was another verse to this song, that Lenny wrote in his poem, but it was not used in the song. It was very similar to your verse, stating that a child, I think a girl, came to see Puff, and might also have been Jackie's daughter. Do u know anything about that?

[@yutopia7]

Thank you so much. I’m going to include this when I sing this song. On the final chorus, I’ll make it present tense and it’s perfect!

[@Paul-lm5gv]

Fantastic!

[@michaelbobson9198]

Now I won’t have to cry anymore when I hear this song! Bless you

[@timothybiermaier7093]

@@yutopia7 I also will include this! I always feel a little sad when I finish singing this to my sons before bedtime. Its their favorite bedtime song by far

[@StarkyTheLegend]

Vale Peter. May you know how big a legacy you leave in this realm 🥰

[@robbrown4621]

I have lived long enough to know when I am in the presence of human brilliance. Imagine you being the person sitting opposite Peter on that couch. Wow!

[@21_f_aus]

I grew up in the 90's and had the cassette with this song I'd listen to this song more than the rest on the cassette, RIP Peter, thank you...

[@becker22surfer]

My father used to play this to me on the guitar when I was a kid.. now at 31, he’s been gone almost a year now.. and I play this to my children on his guitar. Thank you for such a special song and memories 🙏

[@tiffanynewjeans]

Aw

[@월든-i9l]

T.T

[@garrettvanjohnson5154]

Aw, God Bless you!!

[@shanewalsh208]

R.I.P to your father, the dragon lives on with his grandchild now ❤❤❤👍

[@guysagainstreality6050]

Amen❤️

[@cosmicsunbeams]

❤ Beautiful ❤!

[@revjjjackson]

Love it! Puff made me weep for over 50 years. Now I know Puff is OK, I can get on with life. Great stuff, Peter ;)

[@anaamamj58]

Thank you Peter, thank you for the magic of Puff…

[@balmoraltowers]

Thank goodness for Jackie’s daughter, I play this on my guitar and it always makes me shed a little tear when I get to the last verse.

[@oscarramage95]

I love how he’s telling the story of the song while singing the tune

[@lawrenceyundt8489]

72 am I, and all these years, still a folk fan. Thank you Peter for all these years that you have entertained us, and the wonderful years with Paul and Mary

[@brianseybert2189]

I used to put my boys to sleep , with this song. Still play my violin with arthritic hands. The tears are not from the pain, but those magical old man memories.

[@es330td]

I had the incredible privilege to see P, P & M twice. I have never been so moved at a concert as when they stopped playing, bowed their heads and let the audience sing to them. A guitar player myself I was never satisfied with the song as recorded so I wrote a new ending verse wherein Puff is drawn out of his cave by the sound of a girl singing on the shore and sails away again with a ribbon tied around his neck. I am pleased to know from Yarrow himself I was on the right track.

[@oliversbybee4306]

What a beautiful ending to a wonderful song. I am an old man now but this song still makes me cry thinking of lost childhood. Now it seems different. Childhoods are simply passed on to the next . Thank you for posting this video .

[@BoiledLobsta207]

OliversByBee when I was around 12 was when I was really able to understand this song and I would just cry and cry every time I heard it. Now at 19 i still get emotional every time I hear this wonderful song

[@ayokay123]

@@BoiledLobsta207 I'm 60, buddy, and it gets me the exact same way. Now go see Edwards comment above: "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."

[@월든-i9l]

So sad t.t

[@daisydriver5877]

Well! OliversByBee...I will Never be an old man now or ever! However, I remember, making love to the bright yellow sun on another sandy shore and I was pretty sure Honah Lee was really Camelot, where I grew up!

[@rickr7599]

I had always wished like millions of us..... that 'PP & M' had gone back and added a very happy ending to the original song & lyrics....I had read in past that after it's original release in the 60's that due to the many requests they received to add a happy ending was talked about by them....yet it never happened....and still today it's all part of the lore of this terrific song. I was a young teen male when this was a hit song and kind of thought it was for only younger kids at that time, but for years now I find myself now at age of 70 really liking & appreciating the song....they say some of as we get older that we kind of become like kids again and I guess I am one of them....and I love it! Got to go....Puff roared out my name too .....to go sailing with Jackie & Puff in the land of Honalee! 😊

[@DCromwell]

RIP Peter! 💔 May we all find our inner Jackie Paper, I hope your journey to Hannalee was magical, we will always remember you and Puff! ❤

[@nhdoodle3167]

My husband still thinks it’s about pot. Glad Peter made this video. It is about the loss of innocence and makes me cry every time I hear it. My grands also love to fall asleep to this tried and true tune. Love you Peter! Your music was a big part of my childhood. I was so fortunate to have all of it. ❤️🌻

[@beverlyanderson7871]

Puff was my brothers favorite song! To me, Jackie Paper was my brother Jerry, he didn't come back home one day! He was 8, i was 3 1/2. I still cry when i hear this song!

[@ulyssesjohnparado2583]

song of my youth......i can still be jackie! in my mid-life! thanks Peter Paul and Mary (RIP)!

[@davidchudwin6440]

RIP, Peter. PP&M were the soundtrack of my life.

[@RachaelCarmine]

Oh my goodness! Why did this make me cry?! I absolutely love this song. I grew up singing this song. It reminds me of simpler times. :)

[@rhondaboncutter5812]

Just imagine a life with no drugs in it! How much better we would have been! Just something to think about, A 15 year old girl was found dead today, life is crazy now! Loved when I grew up! Had a very happy life in the 50's and 60's!

[@rhondaboncutter5812]

Do you realize how many people would have still been with us, without drugs? We still had fun back then! Life was so much simpler!

[@yushuhan7331]

I also cried a lot

[@yetian8581]

me too, 25 years since I first heard this song

[@LL-uw6sm]

Very true indeed..

[@BrassBalls20071]

I sing this to my children still.

[@episkopi08]

I sing it to my Granddaughter

[@episkopi08]

This man is a Living Legend.

[@rosethorne4701]

I am 60 years old soon. As a little girl I loved this song ,and cried every time I heard it. I feel like puff sometimes .I do now. at my age no one comes to see me anymore. Anyway all these years, anytime I sing it, anytime I hear you sing it ,I just cry. And I'm so glad that you gave an update on puffs current situation, and his happiness .you are obviously a dear special beautiful soul ,I only wish I had someone as beautiful as you seem , in my life. your family is so very lucky to have you .Im only sorry that I'm viewing this four years after it was made. I hope this reaches you in good health. God bless you, and thank you and your friend.if he is still around. thank you both for the story and the song3e that you gave this old little girl and the world. God bless you my friend. From Maria Brown in Kentucky

[@davidmoore2325]

Hello....Hope you're doing good and staying safe?sensational

[@Keyooshi]

I can't get through this song without tears. It is a deep and founding root of my childhood, It's played a major role in the development of my early childhood personality that I still have today. Now so much older, with so many loved ones gone, I plan to have this playing when my own life fades away. I will feel comfortable and safe through the cross over. Thanks so much for Puff the Magic Dragon, it's truly made the world a better place.

[@firebert123]

As a child my mom made up a last verse where he came back to puff with his son and daughter. otherwise i would always cry and sob myself to sleep. Thank you, mom. Love you.

[@mrminecraftcubeable]

Do you remember?

[@miftahabidin2504]

beautiful

[@burtoncarlisle4810]

Rest in peace… thank you for your music. Had the opportunity to see you, Paul and Mary in concert 5 different times… your music 🎶 will live on!!!

[@sharonbishop7960]

Sweet Peter, I can't count how many times this song has given me joy. First, I was a child, imagining ships, dragons, ceilings (I didn't yet know about sealing wax). As a teen, I believed deeply in the marijuana concept. Later, I was a young adult, imagining my childhood. Then I became a mom and needed to be certain that my daughter knew the wonder of this song - of places of dreams that exist as long as we believe in them. I took her to see you, and Paul, and Mary. I'm forever grateful that she had that opportunity. There are so many other songs as well. Please know that I am singing them ALL with you, every time, forever. Your music is my music, my life, my family, my heartbeat. Most especially now, when we struggle with the fear of illness that could take anyone, the continuity of these songs matters so very, very much. Please never stop singing and never stop thinking that we are all here singing with you. I love you as I love my family. Thank you forever.

[@episkopi08]

I sing the song to my 11 month old granddaughter as I take her for a walk in my baby harness. I cherish these times.

[@debbieschmidling8158]

❤️

[@agorio]

I really want to know what type of mentally deficient person could possibly "Not like" this video. (Nine dislikes as of today). This is a classic piece of American culture. Probably everyone who grew up in this country, and probably most of the world, (except the 9 mentally deficient "not like" voters) listened to this song a child. To hear this Peter Yarrow explain it, and sing it, so eloquently, and with such charm, is a gift to everyone.

[@carlosvolpintesta6990]

You, Paul and Mary will always be in my heart forever.

[@jaybodenstein609]

I was just 14 when this came out. I loved it then and love it more now. My kids knew this song and I hope they shared it with my grandkids. I miss Peter, Paul and Mary...and Puff!

[@codyjackson3191]

This reminds me of when I was in 1st grade.

[@dreamsbytenjii]

Rest in peace sir Peter. My youngest was just born, but she'll know your songs like her siblings. Thank you.

[@aakashneve9323]

Can I like this multiple times🥺🥺

[@จิรพงศ์บุญปั้น]

แข็งแรง คุณดูแลตัวเอง และคนที่คุณรัก เมื่อไรจะมีอัลบั้ม ใหม่อีกครั้ง

[@craigjacobi8648]

RIP. So many happy memories with you as the backing track.❤

[@dogfromblackburn2]

Beautiful x

[@cutterpillow3046]

thank you for all the music Peter! you will always be remembered! #legendsneverdie

[@crossfadedead]

I'm a 22 year old who's been smoking weed regularly since the 7th grade and despite only hearing this song for the first time last week (while I was high af) and didn't even think that it was about weed until he sang about it NOT being about grass.

[@friedrichlochelt9235]

I heard this for the first time today. The man deeply moved me with this song. Thank you very much for that.

[@chaiyomayai3657]

Hi..Im thailand. I don't no why i cry but i so happy and i love you

[@episkopi08]

You cry because you have a heart.

[@DavidJones-dy2ul]

Thanks ❤️ Peter, as a music teacher, I was personally able to teach hundreds of kids this song. What a privilege and pleasure it was! I miss it so much, as I miss your two friends. May Puff go on forever!! Thanks ❤️ again

[@petermcnallt12pm]

He will, because dragon's live forever, but not so little boys ...

[@worldofsoundcraft4363]

Oh dear mr. Yarrow, this alternative happy ending made me cry, thank you so much

[@jiehhsiang]

Such a sweet old man, such a great song. Thank you for the happy ending, Peter Yarrow.

[@agagliardijr]

Sometimes a song is only a song... I spend each day with two of my great-granddaughters and believe in the innocence of our youth... I spent much of my adult life on Active-Duty Military, 21 years to be exact, and I need to believe that this is all this song means.

[@markcollins2876]

So happy to hear it was written in 1959, the year I was born and as many people this was my absolutely my favorite song. Thank you Peter.

[@kernriver1967]

My eight grade class danced to this song (1963).. what a ride..😉

[@chipesh]

Wondered at these Magic words and sounds as a kid on the radio and still do at 71.

[@schellyus]

Ich kenne diesen Song seid einer Ewigkeit (Peter Paul and Mary), habe ihn aber nie selbst gespielt. Durch Zufall bin ich auf diese äußerst symphatische Darstellung gestoßen und sie hat mich enorm inspiriert. Ich spiele diesen Song jetzt beinahe so leidenschaftlich wie Peter Yarrow, aber leider sehr entfernt von seiner Genialität.

[@neildelaney5199]

What a lovely film,, thank you very much for showing

[@aliadizzle]

I don't know when a KZbin video has made me so happy. Very happy to hear Puff's update from Peter Yarrow himself. 😁

[@rubberduck7228]

iam still singing this song even though iam already 54 years old.... learned the song from my uncles in the 70s... and i still keep and play several vinyls of PPM...

[@jenkzkh]

I wish I could give him a hug and tell him thank you for being part of my childhood.

[@davidmoore2325]

Hello....Hope you're doing good and staying safe?sensational

[@jenkzkh]

@@davidmoore2325 I'm good thanks. Hope you are well

[@davidmoore2325]

@@jenkzkh Yes am doing well myself,where are you from?

[@jjj1981jj]

This song is making me cry right now as I sweep my floor. Maybe it’s connecting me to my inner child. My mom would sing this to me often before her schizophrenia took over.

[@rvlife-r4y]

Awesome Peter! Thanks for the video. This song is so magical. It sure brought back some wonderful memories. I am 65 and I loved this song as a child.

[@dougmccord5016]

All the world needs to sing this song together to celebrate the innocence of their childhood...and to give a worldwide THANK YOU to Peter,Paul, and our beloved Mary

[@MrDunkin2000]

I was preschool in 1965. I am 56. A grandmother. The writers would be great-grandparents now.

[@jaman5735]

we had to sing this song, 7th grade in music class back in 1977. i didnt care for this song and didnt want to sing it either. but 30 years later i bumped into this song again, and it is now one of the best songs ive heard. its so moving and beautifull. funny how life changes the way we see things or feel. a master piece to say the least!!!!!!!

[@HerRoyalKateness]

R.I.P. so lovely, God bless.

[@rizlanghazali985]

A Dragon lives forever but not so little Girls & Boys.... sleep well Peter...

[@georgestyer2153]

Time immermorial..Puff will exist forever...I persoally owe a big thanks to Peter because he helped me to talk and educate my children to beleive that everything was possible and the magic dragon song proved it....I now children that are an enginner, a scientist, a doctor to prove that everything is possible...my typing is not.....but then I'm a 85 year old dragon ☺

[@micksanger6274]

Reality sometimes makes the greatest magic. Thank You, Peter.

[@jimremus9547]

Dose not matter what rendition, It still brings tears to my eye's and I'm 67.

[@Fortuna_Magica]

A wonderful update to the song by peter ^_^

[@BenGoldhammer]

What a year jerker.. I saw them once in concert when I was younger and this brings back that magical day.

[@kernriver1967]

Was 12 when song released, still moves my spirit.. 70 yrs young... 😥

[@rhondaboncutter5812]

I grew up in the 50's and so on! Never did I believe this song was about drugs! It was a song that made me feel good! Still love this song! God be with you all!

[@lottiestanley7696]

Rhonda Boncutter - I always felt the same way about the song! 😉 🏴‍☠️ ❤️

[@Sunny-wm7bi]

What an innocent time What an innocent song RIP Peter

[@edwardbielski8334]

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.

[@moniqueo2309]

Edward Bielski made me cry:)

[@seanshields709]

Jenny I bet you're cute and gorgeous to me. ..!!!!

[@Christmas61963]

Oh Jenny. I LOVE IT❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@coacheris]

Love it, Edward :)

[@ayokay123]

O...M...G Beautiful!!!!!!!!

[@monkey6531]

I remember when I was a little kid...watching this with my mom and grandma....it was a time of magical innocence free from worry ...instead of a world of full of fear and suffering...it was just magical innocence....I remember being safe with my mom and grandma...I remember this song...closing my eyes and drifting off to the magic land of Honahlee...curled up safe between my mom and granny on the couch when it was still Peter Paul and Marry....oh how I miss those days...days of feeling safe, loved, protected from the big scary world outside of my tiny corner....but now I'm almost 40 ....one more year...going bald, turning grey...been through a lot of bad scary stuff...at some point I said fare thee well to my innocence....then my grandma....my mom is still here but isn't a spring chicken anymore...she put herself in an assisted living place and now the roles have changed....I have to be the one to keep her safe, to take away the fear....I don't know how to either...at my age I should of been able to support myself and her, but through bad choices I killed that last bit of innocence...now I'm face to face with the Scarry world...with homelessness, fear, death....I see so many ppl...who in my heart will always be the innocent kids/ friends I grew up with...my grandma lived on in my heart..all that's left out of my family is my mom so if she goes before me then I will be alone....wishing that big ole good dragon puff would be around to protect this slowly aging man...I do have a higher power that will never allow me to be truly alone, but I won't preach here...just know people...no matter your beliefs...there is someone out there who loves you ...we'll make that more than one...I try to love everyone and I firmly believe Jesus is real and loves everyone too, but like I said..I won't preach....just in mourning tonight over the loss of my own innocence and of the prospect of today's youth one-day losing their own innocence...even though it happens...hang onto that sense of magic...never let it it go.

[@JezsAcousticGuitarSongbook]

That was lovely. Thanks very much for posting this. What a great man. I'm glad he's given the tale a happy ending. That's troubled me for years!

[@albertobautista4988]

2020 stil listening.. anyone???

[@DrawwithGo]

Puff is getting Older but he is still a Magic Dragon!!

[@VAdu56]

A dieu Paul, Peter and Mary, vous nous avez bercé pendant une jeunesse de liberté, extraordinaire, ou on pouvait s'exprimer, sans mobile, sans internet, mais avec la joie d'entendre et de voir toutes ces chansons magnifiques !!

[@davidmoore2325]

Hello....Hope you're doing good and staying safe?sensational

[@pleeloh38]

RIP Peter. I grew up with this song ❤

[@brettcross9863]

This song come out the year I was born, as a little kid it was my favorite. Every time I hear it now it brings a tear to my eye. Makes me feel old, we are all here for a shot time, live it the best you can

[@janzcie]

never really understood the message of the song, back then, i thought i just liked chorus. Now that I have a two year old grand daughter, i found out, this one's a tearjerker... listening to this version, made me teary eyed again, although this time, I'm happy, Puff is no longer sad... btw, it's fun, hearing my grand daughter singing along too. am sure she'll be happy, there's a happy ending. cheers to PP & M and their music. :)

[@joselynagoncillo8744]

I was inspired by this song in 1978, and I was 23. I made a song (in tagalog or Philippine Language). It did not have the same tune nor rhymes. But, it was also about a child. The twist is that the child was the one looking for his pet pig, and not the other way around. I guess the two songs speak of values that are culturally unique for each. One song shows a friend who leaves, who is human, and the animal is looking for his human friend. The other song speaks of a friend who leaves, but is an animal, and the human/child is seeking for his animal friend.

[@tomschipper8559]

I was lucky enough to see Peter at my local Barnes and Noble while he was on tour promoting the children's books he and his daughter wrote. He sang and talked for some time before signing books. We all got to sit on the floor or stand around him in a semi circle. Perhaps 30 to 50 of us there it was like a personal free concert.

[@Victor-o5d1c]

May you rest in Peace " Puff the Magic Dragon " though your memory lives forever. RIP Peter Yarrow