Puff the Magic Dragon (Peter, Paul & Mary) - STING 21614   (Al Stevens)

 

 (Opener): SIDES FACE GRAND SQUARE:

Puff, the magic dragon - lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee

ALLEMANDE and WEAVE

Little Jackie Vaper loved that rascal Puff – (PROMENADE)
And brought him strings and sealing wax - and other fancy stuff

 

 

 (Figure): HEADS PASS THE OCEAN - EXTEND and a RIGHT AND LEFT THRU - HALF SASHAY

And then PASS THRU -TRADE BY - SWING THRU now - the GIRL TRADE and the GIRL RUN

TAG THE LINE all the way - FACE RIGHT - WRONG-WAY PROMENADE

And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff*

 

*(Pirate ships would lower their flag when Puff roared out his name)

 

*(And Puff that mighty dragon, let out his fearless roar)

 

*(So Puff that mighty dragon stood proudly in his cave)

 

 

 (Middle Break): SIDES FACE GRAND SQUARE

Together they would travel - on a boat with billowed sail
Jackie kept a lookout - perched on Puff’s gigantic tail

ALLEMANDE and WEAVE

Noble kings and princes - would bow whene'r they came – (PROMENADE)
Pirate ships would lower their flag - when Puff roared out his name

 

 

 (Closer & Tag): SIDES FACE GRAND SQUARE:

Dragons live forever - but not so girls and boys
Painted wings and giant strings - make way for other toys

ALLEMANDE and WEAVE

Puff, the magic dragon - lived by the sea – (PROMENADE)
And frolicked in the autumn mist - in a land - called - Ho-nah - Lee

 

 

ORIGINAL LYRICS:

 

Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee, 
Little Jackie Vaper loved that rascal Puff, 
And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff. oh

Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee, 
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee.

Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail
Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puff’s gigantic tail, 
Noble kings and princes would bow whene'r they came, 
Pirate ships would lower their flag when puff roared out his name. oh! 

Dragons live forever but not so girls and boys
Painted wings and giant strings make way for other toys.
One grey night it happened, Jackie Vaper came no more
And Puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar.

 

His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain, 
Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane.
Without his life-long friend, Puff could not be brave, 
So Puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave