| Peter, Paul and Mary – Puff (The Magic Dragon) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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"...this song was around long before the drug culture of the 1960's took hold." The lyrics were written in 1959 by a guy who had just started college at Cornell and who hung around with folk musicians. The folkies may not have been smoking much pot in 1959, but the beatniks they associated with certainly were, not to mention the jazz musicians who introduced it to the counter-culture of the time. Marijuna was in popular use long before the song was written, the film "Refer Madness" was produced in 1938, after all. I know that those involved with the song have denied the veiled references, but if you were in their position, wouldn't you do the same? |
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