Puff, the Magic Dragon Puff, the Magic Dragon "Puff, the Magic Dragon" (or "Puff") is a song written by Leonard Lipton and Peter Yarrow, and made popular by Yarrow's group Peter, Paul and Mary in a 1962 recording released in January 1963. Lipton wrote a poem in 1959; Yarrow found it and wrote the lyrics based on the poem. After the song was released, Yarrow searched for Lipton and gave him half-credit for the song. The lyrics for "Puff, the Magic Dragon" are based on a 1959 poem by Leonard Lipton, then a 19-year-old Cornell University student. Lipton was inspired by an Ogden Nash
The Dragon of the North in prosperity, but never saw the ring again. The Dragon of the North The Dragon of the North (, literally Frog of the North) is an Estonian fairy tale, collected by Dr. Friedrich Kreutzwald in "Eestirahwa Ennemuistesed jutud". Andrew Lang included it in "The Yellow Fairy Book"; he listed his source as "Der Norlands Drache" from "Ehstnische Märchen", which was the German translation of Kreutzwald's work, by F. Löwe. A dragon came from the north and devastated land. It was said that a man with King Solomon's ring could stop it. A brave young man set out to find some