Spend any time listening to Peter Yarrow, the folk musician who died Tuesday at 86, and you’re bound to discover “Puff, the Magic ... poem by Yarrow’s Cornell University roommate, Leonard ...

Lipton’s poem was itself inspired by an older poem written by Ogden Nash called “The Tale of Custard the Dragon.” From there, the mythical lyrics of “Puff the Magic Dragon” would take on ...

Puff The Magic Dragon was inspired by the 1959 poem by Leonard Lipton about an imaginary dragon. The popular children’s folk song also resulted in him co-producing three CBS specials based on ...

Puff The Magic Dragon, their most famous song, was written by Yarrow based on a poem by Leonard Lipton. It tells the tale of Jackie Paper, a young boy who has adventures with his make-believe ...

Spend any time listening to Peter Yarrow, the folk musician who died Tuesday at 86, and you’re bound to discover “Puff, the Magic ... poem by Yarrow’s Cornell University roommate, Leonard ...