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

[@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)

[@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!

[@jeffmoore4402]

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

[@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...

[@KevyNova]

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

[@aprilchan1323]

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

[@spyderfielding611]

'TRU''

[@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...

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@lilbitalexis97]

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

[@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...

[@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.

[@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 🥰

[@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]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@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

[@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❤️

[@rizlanghazali985]

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

[@perrynichols3672]

RIP. Loved this song since I was a kid.

[@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

[@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.

[@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 ;)

[@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?

[@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...

[@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! 😊

[@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.

[@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..

[@ulyssesjohnparado2583]

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

[@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.

[@episkopi08]

This man is a Living Legend.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 ...

[@oscarramage95]

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

[@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!

[@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]

❤️

[@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!

[@jiehhsiang]

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

[@jimremus9547]

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

[@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! ❤

[@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. 😁

[@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!!!

[@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. ❤️🌻

[@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!

[@albertobautista4988]

2020 stil listening.. anyone???

[@micksanger6274]

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

[@craigjacobi8648]

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

[@cutterpillow3046]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@cosmicsunbeams]

❤ Beautiful ❤!

[@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!

[@kernriver1967]

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

[@worldofsoundcraft4363]

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

[@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.

[@buyerofsorts]

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

[@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! 😉 🏴‍☠️ ❤️

[@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.

[@MrDunkin2000]

I am so happy that Puff is still with us. I am of the age where I feel Puff was written for my generation. As I grew older I mourned the death of the toy, however, gratefully, Puff lives!! Thank you!!

[@BenGoldhammer]

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

[@DrawwithGo]

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

[@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!!!!!!!!

[@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...

[@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.

[@davidchudwin6440]

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

[@alexandrhoda]

That is one of the most sweetest and heartfelt thing in a long long time .. Thank you Peter !

[@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!!!!!!!

[@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?

[@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.

[@miftahabidin2504]

beautiful

[@sailingaway8466]

I LOVE Puff. It has made my life enriched. Every time I hear it, I cry for the loss of innocence. Please, love the innocence. We all grow up. It is the youthful joy that is lost. Puff, I love you.

[@carlosvolpintesta6990]

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

[@JoJoMUC]

What a happy ending. Serenity, finally :) Peter, all the best to you

[@BrassBalls20071]

I sing this to my children still.

[@episkopi08]

I sing it to my Granddaughter

[@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 ☺

[@anaamamj58]

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

[@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.

[@Eon2641]

This video is criminally under watched.

[@donalszahnke954]

Eon2641 please enter mail me [e-mail] I'm wantb5p sing with you it would be a honor to be able to sing with you and Paul

[@jiehhsiang]

Eon2641 indeed

[@featherriver2080]

Seriously?

[@mattmgm1994]

Omg I always thought puff died 😢 that part about jakies daughter was perfect to add to the song 👍❤😊

[@kernriver1967]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@aakashneve9323]

Can I like this multiple times🥺🥺

[@stjohnspoint]

The Magic Dragon&Jackie Paper-never hear it before since movie Good Morning Vietnam . I love the Movie so PeterPaul&Mary too. The years are gone-quicker get older I thought. Thanks Peter for the music you gave.

[@mattomite9097]

I love this video. His story is fantastic and told in a way that makes it seem like it’s your best friend telling the story. Love it and the song. Thank you Puff has always been a very special song to me but as I’ve grown older it just gets better....and sadder.

[@lock411]

Who ever the lady is in this video. is 1 lucky lady to have Peter Yarrow sing to you wow :)

[@dreamsbytenjii]

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

[@จิรพงศ์บุญปั้น]

แข็งแรง คุณดูแลตัวเอง และคนที่คุณรัก เมื่อไรจะมีอัลบั้ม ใหม่อีกครั้ง

[@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

[@neildelaney5199]

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

[@emilytarter7014]

thank u peter for being such a great friend to my family. peter is a friend of my poppies. my poppie passed and peter invited me to sing with him on my 7th birthday. he truly is the best ❤️

[@fieldhockeycoach]

I find it precious that I am able to write to my teen heroes .Loved PPM As a new immigrant they were so important to my language and cultural formation,Peter the are so precious.Hartog

[@clerieginus]

Omg!!! ❤️❤️❤️ I love this song! I love Peter Paul Mary! I'm crying... 😭

[@therealbaglady]

Oh my goodness!!! How i love him so much! Thank you for your delightful music all these decades xo

[@HanabangIrawan-nu7uo]

Peter , my best fav all the time with his songs also to Paul.n Mary .....we love you always n always

[@fetermcblues]

a legend

[@danniepate5343]

Thank you very much for this song this song is all over the world you touched a lot of hearts and a lot of Souls and believe me veterans love it too again thank you so much take care have a beautiful day and a beautiful life again thank you so much