Puff the Magic Dragon
Song by Peter, Paul and Mary
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Oct 29, 2026
Tony McManusHOST
In fact, I'm not even too sure that they ever sang it.
Tony McManusHOST
Puff the Magic Dragon.
Tony McManusHOST
It was always a Peter, Paul and Mary song.
Tony McManusHOST
Karen, we'll come to you straight after this.
ChrisHOST
Spyro would be a European portrayal of a dragon: four legs, the bat-like wings.
AdamHOST
Played the shit out of that, and then later on into my teenage years, uh, Peter, Paul, and Mary introduced me to Puff the Magic Dragon.
ChrisHOST
Mm-hmm.
AdamHOST
Which also, I mean, you live by the sea.
Big CHOST
This was Peter, Paul and Mary I think, wasn't it? Um-
Stinky PeteHOST
What, Puff the Magic Dragon?
Big CHOST
Puff the Magic Dragon.
Stinky PeteHOST
[laughs] Great song.
Big CHOST
It's like puff, puff like the trains.
Stinky PeteHOST
[laughs]
Jazzy GeoffHOST
I, I, I love, I love Puff the Magic Dragon.
Jazzy GeoffHOST
It's a-
MickHOST
And the song itself is one that you can sing to them.
MickHOST
Puff the Magic Dragon by Peter, Paul and Mary.
MickHOST
Oh, okay.
MickHOST
It's written by Peter Yarrow, based on a poem by Peter Lipton.
JeffHOST
Yeah.
MickHOST
But look, it deals with the loss of youth and innocence, interestingly, from the perspective of the imaginary friend, Puff.
MickHOST
Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea, so they establish him as a character.
MickHOST
And the lyrics go, Dragons live forever, but not so little boys.