The sweet folk song went on to become a timeless classic, even as radio stations refused to play it.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spend any time listening to Peter Yarrow, the folk musician who died Tuesday at 86, and you’re bound to discover “Puff, the Magic ...

Peter, Paul, and Mary gave us Puff the Magic Dragon, a timeless song about the magic of youth. Unsurprisingly, it was based on a poem by a 19-year-old Cornell student, Leonard Lipton. Whether it's on ...

First, there was the 1962 song made famous by folk trio Peter, Paul, and Mary. Then, a 1979 juvenile fiction book adaptation by Romeo Muller. Now, Puff the Magic Dragon, the familiar children’s tale ...