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 Yarrow's group 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.
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