“Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea and frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee,” Puff the Magic Dragon by Peter Yarrow and Leonard Lipton. The Peter, Paul & Mary song ...

They could also show a soft and poignant side, particularly on “Puff the Magic Dragon,” which Yarrow had written during his Cornell years with college friend Leonard Lipton. It tells the tale ...

Yarrow sang lead on the group’s most enduring hit, “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” adapted from a poem by his Cornell classmate Leonard Lipton. Like other folk groups of the era, Peter ...

The disc featured “Puff the Magic Dragon,” Yarrow’s heart-tugging tune based a Leonard Lipton poem that also reached No. 2 in the U.S. Nominated for a Best Recording for Children Grammy ...