Conference moira::parenting_v3

    Ooooh, boy! that taxes the memory!
    I may be a bit off on a couple of words, but htis is how I remember it:
    
    Puff, the magic dragon livd by the sea,
    And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honalee.
    
    Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff
    All wrought in strings and sealing wax,
    and other fancy stuff, oh,
    
    (chorus)
    
    A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys.
    Painted wings and giant strings make way for other toys.
    One gray night it happened...
    Jackie Paper came no more.
    And Puff, that mighty dragon,
    He ceased his fearless roar.
    His head was bent in sorrow.
    Green scales fell like rain.
    Puff no longer went to play, along the cherry lane.
    Without his lifelong friend, Puff could not be brave.
    So Puff, that mighty dragon, sadly slipped into his cave, OH,
    
    (chorus, repeated 2X, i think)
    
    How's that sound? About right?
    --dave--

    
    "Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff
    And brought him strings and sealing wax
    And other fancy stuff"
    
    (Chorus - which you already have)
    
    "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 little boys.
    Painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys.
    One gray night it happened - Jackie Paper came no more.
    And Puff that mighty dragon - he ceased is fearless roar.
    
    (Chorus)
    
    His head was bent in sorrow. Green scales fell like rain.
    Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane.
    Without his lifelong friend Puff could not be brave, 
    So Puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped in to his cave.
    
    (Chorus)
    
         -  by Peter, Paul, & Mary 
    
    *  Did this from memory - hope it's right - I also think the chorus is
    sung two times at each occurance *  Sung this to my children many times
    until they asked me not to anymore - with my voice I don't blame
    them...
    

	-.1 has it right except that the song starts with the chorus (sung one 
time) and every time thereafter the chorus is sung twice.

Tracey
 

   Peter Paul and Mary are appearing sometime soon in the Nashua area, maybe
   someone could go and ask them?
   
   :-)
   
   q
   

    I have always like this song. For some reason I just let go and make
    believe whenever I hear it.
    
    I'm expecting my first child in October and you can bet s/he will hear
    about ole' Puff!!
    
    Thanks for giving me a breather. Just reading the lyrics did wonders.
    Norma

    I remember that people were saying that it was a drug song.  I don't
    buy it.  
    
    Since becoming a parent it is about kids growing up and going into the
    world on their own.  The big question is, "Who is Puff?"  Oh I don't
    know maybe an old favorite stuffed animal, or favorite toy........maybe
    mom or dad. gulp.:'(
    
    
    Mike

    I looked at another note in this file about requesting song lyrics
    from note 1325 in the MUSIC conference, but somehow it didn't seem
    appropriate.  The note was more about parents wanting to know of
    "album contents" and whether or not it is appropriate for thier kids,
    so I'll ask here if anyone knows all the lyrics to the song "My
    Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music.  I know most of it, but
    there's a verse with something about strudel and noodles that I can't
    remember.  If anybody could write down the whole song, I'd really
    appreciate it.
    
    Thanks,
    Kathryn
    

Raindrops on roses 
and whiskers on kittens
bright copper kettles 
and warm woolen mittens
brown paper packages 
tied up with string
These are a few of my favorite things.

Cream colored ponies
and crisp apple strudel
door bells and  sleigh bells
and Schnitzel (sp?) with noodles
wild geese that fly 
with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things.

Girls in white dresses 
with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay 
on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters
that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things


(Chorus) 
When the dog bites
when the bee stings 
when I'm feeling sad
I simply remember 
my favorite things
and then I don't feel
So bad.


	I confident of the content of the verses and pretty confident of their 
order but I couldn't tell you exactly when/how many times the chorus is sung and 
how many times the verses are repeated.  (They are repeated.)

	I'll play the disk tonight and double check.  (And since my modem and 
phone line are working again (after 4(!) months and varous trips by the phone
company), I'll actually be able to enter it tonight!!  Yeah!)

Tracey

    Thanks so much Tracey!  I knew all the words at one time, but I think
    I must be getting old or something.  Every night I sing to my daughter
    and I find myself doing this a lot:
    
    "Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens,
    blah, blah, blah, blah, blah and warm woolen mittens..."
    
    You get the idea.
    
    Thanks again,
    Kathryn
    

    You can always make up your own favorite things to go into the
    blanks.
    
    --bonnie

Whenever I heard Puff The Magic Dragon as a kid, it always made me cry.  I'm
sorta misty-eyed right now, after reading the lyrics again.  Don't know why...


Bob

     	Just listened to the disk.  Amazingly enough, I had it exactly right in
    .8 right down to the order of the verses.  (Sound of arm breaking
    while patting self on back. :-) )  (You take your victories where you
    can find them.  This is apparently the only thing I've done right
    today....)
    
    	The order is sing all three verses, then the chorus, then repeat the
    whole thing.                                            
    
    Tracey
    	

>         <<< Note 210.6 by MAMTS3::MWANNEMACHER "let us pray to Him" >>>
>                              -< Paranoia maybe? >-
>
>    I remember that people were saying that it was a drug song.  I don't
>    buy it.  
>    

FWIW: On the PP&M 25th Anniversary Special, Peter Yarrow said, during the 
introduction to "Puff", something like "People have asked me if this song 
is about drugs, but it's really just about the loss of innocence.  And now 
you've heard it from the dragon's father's mouth"

Glen

    In case anyone is still looking at replies on this note, I just came
    back from a trip to Hawaii and one of the islands that I went to was
    Kauai.  There is a place there called Hannalei which is supposed to be
    the place where PP&M were writing about in the song.  It was beautiful
    there, just like the song!
    
    Doris

    Hey Doris,
    It's always refreshing to hear someone was in Hawaii.  That is where
    I am from.  And boy do I miss home.
    Yes HANALEI is one of the most beautiful bays in Hawaii.  Infact there
    are a lot of songs about Hanalei.
    There is one called Hanalei Moon, I think it is a wedding song.  I will
    look for the words and enter them here if anyone is interested.
    
    And about good ole PUFF.  My dad named his boat PUFF.  Although the
    first one sunk in 82 and he has sold PUFF II already for a bigger one
    and his current boat is PUFF III.  He used to sing that song to me all
    the time when I was small (always young!)...
    
    JOAN...