royalties for the song until his death in 2022. Yarrow died in 2025.

In later performances, Yarrow changed the line "A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys" to the more inclusive "A dragon lives forever, but not so girls and boys". The original poem included a stanza about Puff finding a new playmate, but this was not incorporated into the song.

Reception

Cash Box described it as "a charming folk tune, about a magic dragon, right-up-the-vocal-alley of the remarkably successful

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