I am 62.........and lived through those wonderful years, the 60's. Listening to Puff brought tears but as they sang, Puff is still with us. Rest in peace Mary....................
When I was a little boy we sailed from Australia to Canada to live for two years (1968-69) -- in those days it was cheaper than flying. The ship had a playroom for all the children on board. This song was played every day. It's one of my earliest memories.
Am I the only stupid father that has tears in his eyes when he hears this song . "FATHERS live for ever but no so little boys" All too soon they grow up, leave home and the fun and games you played with had are gone for ever. They move on but you are left behind thinking of the wonderful few years you had together. And with daughters. For those fathers out there with small children - treasure your times with them. Puff was a parent!
RIP Mary!! 3 generations of my family have grown up on your beautiful voice! My 9 year old daughter and I are fighting back the tears. But just like Puff was told, No one last forever. God Bless You Mary!!
Im 46 and I still listen to this song often... My 5 year old daughter asks for me to play it all the time and sings along...... timeless classic ... RIP MARY
Many comments are more than a decade old...how many wonderful beautiful things people will forget, and disappear with time. Like many others, my dad also sang this song to me as a boy. He sang it with such melancholy. I love you dad.
Once again the tears flow freely. John Stewart, Nick Reynolds and now Mary Travers. The great ones who made the music of our lives are slowly fading away. RIP one in all. Thanks Mary, you were beautiful in every sense of the word.
I've never cried listening to or singing Puff before....but tonight, it is all so very, very sad even though we delight that we had Peter, Paul and Mary in our lives. God Bless you all, as you mourn the passing of your dear friend.
I'm 34 and i still sing this to my 6 year old nephew! My mother sang it to us when we were little and i'm glad i'm able to continue the tradition with him.My hope is when he is older and has kid's of his own he'll sing it to them, this song is truly timeless.
Awesome Group! Beautiful! makes me heart soar to sing this and to listen to this talented group who have made so many children and adults happy.......RIP Mary. I did not forget your passing!
Smiles and tears on watching this, and thinking of how much Peter, Paul, and Mary brought to the world. Mary, you were a wonder and a joyous light to the world. Thank you for all you left. May you live forever in your Honalee.
This song never fails to make me smile. So many memories from my childhood. One of my favorite songs of all time. I will teach it to my kids when they are a bit older.
For a 40 year old like me (and I am sure many of you) the great folk singers of the 60s (Seeger, PPM, Dylan) were the "allowed" link from my parents between "kids songs" and the eventual rise of Rock and Roll in my life. How wonderfull is it that even now I could play/sing these songs to my children and they can enjoy them. Of course how sad is it that so many of them like"Where Have All the Flowers Gone" are once again so relevant today.
Love this, not as fast as last version! I love this song! Always will, part of my childhood! Still love this! All children need imagination! Worked as a teacher for 30 years! Loved all my kids! School librarian for 17 years, Special needs teacher for 13! All my kids were important to me! Everyone of them were different! I loved them all!
ya I used to have the 45 and play it on my little record player pretty much when it first came out in the 60's.....I was only 7 years old but sure liked that song. Then I'd take and put Chubby Checker's "do the twist" on and mom would crack up laughing at me doing the twist!
Even after all these years, Peter Paul and Mary are still the greatest folk singers the ever. I can sit and listen to them for hours. They made folk songs fun.
This song brings sooo many memories back, 3rd time i hear this song, 3rd time a tear falls:) Mary, we will never forget you. Love this song :-) I hope we'll never forget this fantastic song!
I used to watch one of Peter Paul and Mary's concerts on video all the time as a child, and this was my favorite of their songs. Listening to it again, it brings back so much emotion. I still love this song. In fact, it feels like I love it even more now. It's such a beautiful song.
What a sweet and lovely performance. I grew up with this song, and even though I've been "grown up" for quite a while now, this song still makes me cry. (And I still believe in Puff!)
Peter Paul & Mary care so much about folk songs and the Folk Music genre. Their song and their work has provided so much happiness to so many around the world!! Nice to see generations enjoying their work together. Thanks for this great video :) JEN
Beautiful. Love seeing the audience reactions and watching young and old sing along. You can tell many of them are reliving happy times from their childhoods.
It's just a harmless children's song. It brings back great memories for me. I remember singing it at school- we all sat on the carpet and sang while our class teacher played the guitar- it was so much fun!
My daddy raised me on this song!! it is amazing.. He recently passerd and when he first became uncocious i sng him this and he squezzed my hand right before he passed
Thanks for sharing this video. It's my favorite version of the song, the one that introduced me to Puff. Treasured memories of my childhood shared now with my sons.
i grew up to their music in the 60's, they will always be a part of my life, i will never forget what it did for my life, PP and M, you will be missed by many
All my musical heros are moving on to the next life. RIP mary you had the voice of a angel . Now you truly are a angel . Heaven is truly a more beautiful place today with you there
When I was a kid, my mom and dad divorced. When I would visit my dad, he would always play this, and I would sing it with him. I can't hear it without crying.
I am 38 and I have seen them 2 times in concert. I have been too many concerts, ozzy, metallica, The Met Opera and many others and they were the greatesst thig I have ever seen live
Thank you Peter Paul and Mary. This is my favourite song. That marvelous little toy is next. I can't get through Puff without a tear. The fact that the audience cheers by the second note of the opening tells the story. I hope you see this e-mail. Thank you. Your entertaining is first class.
I remember this song from my childhood singing it at school as well as the song " where have all the flowers gone" - my singing teacher loved these folk songs. There was another song: "there's a tiny house" think it's called Gilly Gilly by the Sea. All brings back great childhood memories.
oh how i understand where youre coming from.i always think of my parents when i watch this and think of lovely times when i was a little boy.great stuff
ts a great song. If your a mom or dad, it brings tears to your eyes. How children grow and turn into adults. I have a 7 year old, and it seems like yesterday I was carrying her in my arms, pushing her stroller to get her to sleep. Enjoy your time with your children, and always love them
I would take day time naps in the 60's dreaming about "Puff". I was just a young boy. I have since been to the part of Hawaii that they talk about in the song. It is beutiful.
Oh God this song makes me cry...every single time...I love it though. I mean it was written like forty years before I was even born, but I remember watching the movie as a kid...so it reminds me of childhood...great song.
I love this sound as it reminds me not only of hearing it as a child, but also of the F-15D that I was a crew chief on in the USAF at Luke AFB, AZ. This particular F-15 (Tail Number 9016) had an engine that everytime it was cranked, it would shoot out a ball of fire from the after-burner. Well this aircraft became known as Puff the Magic Dragon and, of course, I earned the name of Little Jacky Paper. Well, I"ve grown up and left the Air Force and I have no idea where Puff is now. So sad.
Thank you Mary, for all you contributed to my life along with Peter and Paul. You provided my soundtrack. I loved your music, your passion and your activism. Rest in peace.
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I so love this song even here in November 2024, so any great memories. 🎶🎶🎶🙏🎶🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️
I'm 57 years old and will never get tired of this classic song.
Neither do I!
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54 and I agree.
I am 62.........and lived through those wonderful years, the 60's.
Listening to Puff brought tears but as they sang, Puff is still with us.
Rest in peace Mary....................
When I was a little boy we sailed from Australia to Canada to live for two years (1968-69) -- in those days it was cheaper than flying. The ship had a playroom for all the children on board. This song was played every day. It's one of my earliest memories.
Am I the only stupid father that has tears in his eyes when he hears this song .
"FATHERS live for ever but no so little boys"
All too soon they grow up, leave home and the fun and games you played with had are gone for ever. They move on but you are left behind thinking of the wonderful few years you had together. And with daughters.
For those fathers out there with small children - treasure your times with them. Puff was a parent!
Your not the only one my friend..
Nope me too
RIP Mary!! 3 generations of my family have grown up on your beautiful voice! My 9 year old daughter and I are fighting back the tears. But just like Puff was told, No one last forever. God Bless You Mary!!
Im 46 and I still listen to this song often... My 5 year old daughter asks for me to play it all the time and sings along...... timeless classic ...
RIP MARY
Many comments are more than a decade old...how many wonderful beautiful things people will forget, and disappear with time.
Like many others, my dad also sang this song to me as a boy. He sang it with such melancholy. I love you dad.
Remember, always
Once again the tears flow freely. John Stewart, Nick Reynolds and now Mary Travers. The great ones who made the music of our lives are slowly fading away. RIP one in all. Thanks Mary, you were beautiful in every sense of the word.
I've never cried listening to or singing Puff before....but tonight, it is all so very, very sad even though we delight that we had Peter, Paul and Mary in our lives.
God Bless you all, as you mourn the passing of your dear friend.
I'm 34 and i still sing this to my 6 year old nephew! My mother sang it to us when we were little and i'm glad i'm able to continue the tradition with him.My hope is when he is older and has kid's of his own he'll sing it to them, this song is truly timeless.
Awesome Group! Beautiful! makes me heart soar to sing this and to listen to this talented group who have made so many children and adults happy.......RIP Mary. I did not forget your passing!
Brings back memories from when I was a kid. I am 31 and so glad that I can share this story with my nephew!
39 lol
Brings back the child in all of us. The ending still makes me cry.
Same
Smiles and tears on watching this, and thinking of how much Peter, Paul, and Mary brought to the world. Mary, you were a wonder and a joyous light to the world. Thank you for all you left. May you live forever in your Honalee.
This song never fails to make me smile. So many memories from my childhood. One of my favorite songs of all time. I will teach it to my kids when they are a bit older.
For a 40 year old like me (and I am sure many of you) the great folk singers of the 60s (Seeger, PPM, Dylan) were the "allowed" link from my parents between "kids songs" and the eventual rise of Rock and Roll in my life.
How wonderfull is it that even now I could play/sing these songs to my children and they can enjoy them. Of course how sad is it that so many of them like"Where Have All the Flowers Gone" are once again so relevant today.
Love this, not as fast as last version! I love this song! Always will, part of my childhood! Still love this! All children need imagination! Worked as a teacher for 30 years! Loved all my kids! School librarian for 17 years, Special needs teacher for 13! All my kids were important to me! Everyone of them were different! I loved them all!
I loved this song as a kid and still love it! It's an important song of Childhood!
I can't listen to this song without a tear coming to my eye. :*)
The days when life was simple-How this brings a smile to my face and peace in my heart in the memories of such innocence.
ya I used to have the 45 and play it on my little record player pretty much when it first came out in the 60's.....I was only 7 years old but sure liked that song. Then I'd take and put Chubby Checker's "do the twist" on and mom would crack up laughing at me doing the twist!
Even after all these years, Peter Paul and Mary are still the greatest folk singers the ever. I can sit and listen to them for hours. They made folk songs fun.
Memories memories and memories, great songs fantastic group
My heart is broken. Just when we needed your voice most; your message of peace and tolerance. God bless and keep you close.
This song was only meant for 3 and 4 yr. olds and the young at heart...no hidden messages, no drugs, just cute...Amen...amen Brother Norm
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RIP Mary Travers, your voice and humor and message of love and peace will be sorely missed.
I used to sing this with my late father when I was about 5. I cry whenever I hear it
My father was a concert promoter in the 60’s and put on PP&M concerts. Bill Gruman was his name and he just loved the music.
I got actual chills hearing an audience all sing together this innocent tune...God Bless Mary, We miss and Love you, Thank you for everything..
Children throughout the ages will sing this song, Love it and love Mary, Paul and Peter.
In 61 and thus song still makes me cry
Fond memories of this song, my uncle had it on a 45 when I used to stay at my nans place when I was a kid - still love the song and the uncle
I cry every time I hear Puff the Magic Dragon...I am really crying tonight. Thank you Mary Travers, you are a beautiful person!
This song brings sooo many memories back, 3rd time i hear this song, 3rd time a tear falls:) Mary, we will never forget you. Love this song :-) I hope we'll never forget this fantastic song!
I used to watch one of Peter Paul and Mary's concerts on video all the time as a child, and this was my favorite of their songs. Listening to it again, it brings back so much emotion. I still love this song. In fact, it feels like I love it even more now. It's such a beautiful song.
Mary Travers may be gone but the beautiful music, spirit and message of Peter, Paul and Mary will live on forever as will Puff.
God Bless you Mary RIP
the best there is..
this is one of the songs that puts me to sleep when i was younger..
i miss the old days..
If only to go back in time and see these amazing artists perform live. I never got the chance. They truly were a gift to enjoy.
What a sweet and lovely performance.
I grew up with this song, and even though I've been "grown up" for quite a while now, this song still makes me cry.
(And I still believe in Puff!)
Always loved this song just found it again after 40+years fantastic thank you for posting it bring back happy happy memories i am gratefull to you
Peter Paul & Mary care so much about folk songs and the Folk Music genre. Their song and their work has provided so much happiness to so many around the world!! Nice to see generations enjoying their work together. Thanks for this great video :) JEN
Beautiful. Love seeing the audience reactions and watching young and old sing along. You can tell many of them are reliving happy times from their childhoods.
And now Mary lives by the sea of angels. God Bless You Mary, you will be greatly missed. Thank you for your music.
My heart broke when I heard that Mary passed away. She was a both a wonderful person and artist. She will be dearly missed.
R.I.P. Mary.
fantastic production and presentation of a lovely song remember it so well from years and years ago thanks for posting
Great addition....and a great closure...thank you.
giraffe man that rocks!
This song never gets old, love it.
RIP Mary there will never be another~
Mary brought a passion and commitment to her work unmatched by few today. PPM in fact helped shape the 1960s, and in effect, the WORLD.
God bless Mary
RIP Mary. Thank you for the wonderful songs.
K
It's just a harmless children's song. It brings back great memories for me. I remember singing it at school- we all sat on the carpet and sang while our class teacher played the guitar- it was so much fun!
My daddy raised me on this song!! it is amazing.. He recently passerd and when he first became uncocious i sng him this and he squezzed my hand right before he passed
Thanks for sharing this video. It's my favorite version of the song, the one that introduced me to Puff. Treasured memories of my childhood shared now with my sons.
Puff will never be the same. God Bless You Mary Travers.
Always made me cry as a child as well. Still tugs at the heart strings.
i grew up to their music in the 60's, they will always be a part of my life, i will never forget what it did for my life, PP and M, you will be missed by many
All my musical heros are moving on to the next life. RIP mary you had the voice of a angel . Now you truly are a angel . Heaven is truly a more beautiful place today with you there
I'm 51 and the song makes me remember younger years, with tears!!
One of the best songs ever: it makes adults cry and children laugh. What can be more
enjoyably fascinating?
I feel so in touch with my inner child each time i listen to this...ah...the memories
When I was a kid, my mom and dad divorced. When I would visit my dad, he would always play this, and I would sing it with him. I can't hear it without crying.
I am 38 and I have seen them 2 times in concert. I have been too many concerts, ozzy, metallica, The Met Opera and many others and they were the greatesst thig I have ever seen live
Thank you Peter Paul and Mary. This is my favourite song. That marvelous little toy is next. I can't get through Puff without a tear. The fact that the audience cheers by the second note of the opening tells the story. I hope you see this e-mail. Thank you. Your entertaining is first class.
I was lucky enought to see them in concert twice, what an amazing group, and what a moving song!
I remember this song from my childhood singing it at school as well as the song " where have all the flowers gone" - my singing teacher loved these folk songs. There was another song: "there's a tiny house" think it's called Gilly Gilly by the Sea. All brings back great childhood memories.
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oh how i understand where youre coming from.i always think of my parents when i watch this and think of lovely times when i was a little boy.great stuff
Just a wonderful song. Wasn't a dry eye in the house when I saw them back in the 80's!
im 15..listened to this song since i was 5..loved it ever since....such a sad song....gives me goosebumps
wonderful song.. used to sing it in school in the 1st grade !!!!
ts a great song. If your a mom or dad, it brings tears to your eyes. How children grow and turn into adults. I have a 7 year old, and it seems like yesterday I was carrying her in my arms, pushing her stroller to get her to sleep.
Enjoy your time with your children, and always love them
How moved by this movie... this is my origin, this is the American folk song!
Puff is the best of my favorite American folk songs.
I found it again.
Still making you cry in 2016!
I would take day time naps in the 60's dreaming about "Puff". I was just a young boy. I have since been to the part of Hawaii that they talk about in the song. It is beutiful.
my 4yo n I watch the video from 1980 she loves this song as i did in th sixties
Loved this song growing up, thanks Mary!
love the name honaleah .puff the dragon will always be with us best sogn ever
This is a beautiful song. Regardless of what people say, there's alot of innocence here. Brings back wonderful memories
This is a great performance of a great song. I love it when an artist lets the audience sing part of the song. It certainly signals a classic.
I remember my dad would turn this on when they had it on PBS. I love Mary's deep voice!!
Still makes me cry and Im 56.Love it.
Oh God this song makes me cry...every single time...I love it though. I mean it was written like forty years before I was even born, but I remember watching the movie as a kid...so it reminds me of childhood...great song.
i can play this on thee saxophone;). it was played at my friends grandads funeral, it makes me cry ;').
I LOVE this group!!!!!
Nothing like the 60's music, in whatever style. Bravo !
We lost so much davy Jones and Mary Travers and rest who died You all in heaven singin as angels now!
Utterly fantastic! Thanks for this memory!
Moosie
YAY. Thanks for having this just lovely song's meaning plus the song.
Love this song,feeling of sadness does wash over me.Reminds me of someone growing up
I love this sound as it reminds me not only of hearing it as a child, but also of the F-15D that I was a crew chief on in the USAF at Luke AFB, AZ. This particular F-15 (Tail Number 9016) had an engine that everytime it was cranked, it would shoot out a ball of fire from the after-burner. Well this aircraft became known as Puff the Magic Dragon and, of course, I earned the name of Little Jacky Paper. Well, I"ve grown up and left the Air Force and I have no idea where Puff is now. So sad.
WTF- i got shivers down my spine and tears in my eyes... and I call myself a man.
Soundtack to my childhood..Beautiful and such a Sad song
When I was a child, and I would visit my father, we would sing this together and eat M&M's. I was probably about 6 yrs old. I sure miss my dad!
I remember when I was little and Peter, Paul and Mary would have their annual concert on PBS. I used to love watching them. I really miss that.
I have always loved this song
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This is a great performance of a wonderful song!!
Thank you Mary, for all you contributed to my life along with Peter and Paul. You provided my soundtrack. I loved your music, your passion and your activism. Rest in peace.
R.I.P Mary, thank you and the boys for such a great era of music. I find myself comforted by a brighter familiar past.
What a wonderful memory! Thank you!
this song's still in my heart and will be forever.
cried then , crying now 40 odd years later. Such a beautiful song .