• The song was written in 1963, and its meaning was first revealed in Newsweek in 1964.

  Puff the Magic Dragon: puff on a cigarette; draggin' means inhale smoke

  Jackie Paper: Puff's friend; what's a cigarette without paper?

  Jackie brought sting & sealing wax & other fancy stuff: attempts to seal the cigarette paper if there is no glue available

  Puff ceased his mighty roar: stopped smoking when there was no paper
  

  green scales fell like rain: if there's no paper, the leaves get all over the place

  slipped into his cave: used a pipe

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