Puff, den lille dragen / Puff (The Magic Dragon) Leonard Lipton Peter Yarrow / Arr. Elisabeth Vannebo

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[EN]The music for "Puff, the Magic Dragon" was written by Peter Yarrow from the group "Peter, Paul and Mary".
The lyrics is based on a poem written in 1959 by Peter Yarrow, at that time a 19 year old student from the University of Cornell. It tells the story of the ageless dragon «Puff» and his playmate. Jackie Paper, a little boy who grows up while loosing the childhoods imagined fairy tales, let Puff be with himself. The history about the song takes place "at the lake" in the fictional town of "Honalee".
The song became a hit with the group Yarrow through a recording released in January 1963.

[NO]Musikken til "Puff den lille dragen" ble skrevet av Peter Yarrow, fra gruppen «Peter, Paul og Mary»
Teksten er basert på et dikt fra 1959 av Leonard Lipton, den gang en 19 år gammel student fra Cornell University. Teksten forteller historien om den aldersløse dragen Puff og hans lekekamerat. Jackie Paper, en liten gutt som vokser opp og mister interessen for barndommens tenkte eventyr og lar Puff være med seg selv. Historien om sangen foregår "ved sjøen" i det fiktive landet "Honalee".
Sangen ble populær med gruppen Yarrow i en innspilling som kom ut i januar 1963.

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[EN]The music for 'Puff, the Magic Dragon' was written by Peter Yarrow from the group 'Peter, Paul and Mary'.

The lyrics is based on a poem written in 1959 by Peter Yarrow, at that time a 19 year old student from the University of Cornell. It tells the story of the ageless dragon «Puff» and his playmate. Jackie Paper, a little boy who grows up while loosing the childhoods imagined fairy tales, let Puff be with himself. The history about the song takes place 'at the lake' in the fictional town of 'Honalee'.

The song became a hit with the group Yarrow through a recording released in January 1963.

[DE]Die Musik zu 'Puff, the Magic Dragon' wurde von Peter Yarrow von der Gruppe 'Peter, Paul and Mary' geschrieben.

Der Text basiert auf einem Gedicht, das Peter Yarrow 1959 schrieb, damals ein 19-jähriger Student der Universität Cornell. Er erzählt die Geschichte des alterslosen Drachen 'Puff' und seines Spielkameraden. Jackie Paper, ein kleiner Junge, der erwachsen wird und dabei die Märchen aus seiner Kindheit verliert, lässt Puff bei sich sein. Die Geschichte des Liedes spielt 'am See' in der fiktiven Stadt 'Honalee'.

Das Lied wurde durch eine im Januar 1963 veröffentlichte Aufnahme mit der Gruppe Yarrow zum Hit.