Dean Whitbread 2020
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Honawhat? Honalee?
Dragon. First thing I ever asked for. Fire in it’s belly, I wanted one to keep me warm. Perhaps influenced by this dragon, Puff, or perhaps by the cat that always found it’s way into my cot and fell asleep on my feet, to be banished in fear of it’s laying on my face and suffocating me.
I loved this song, one of the first I remember hearing, which was banned at the time, as it was feared to be about cannabis. In fact it is a ditty about the immortal beast who relies on childhood belief to exist, a scaly tale of lost innocence. Giz a toke on that lizard, geezer.
| Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honalee. Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff, oh Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea Together they would travel on boat with billowed sail CHORUS A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain CHORUS By Peter Yarrow and Leonard Tipton On Peter, Paul & Mary’s MOVING, IN CONCERT, and 10 YEARS. Copyright 1963 Pepamar Music. |