You guys sound ter
rific.
Therefore, since much has been given to you,
much will be demanded.
We take you now to a courtroom
scene in downtown
New
York.
All right, we'll come to order.
Will the people please rise for the new
Judiciary
Committee.
Judge
Cook presiding.
Golly,
Puff, I'm scared.
Don't you worry, little
Jackie.
There's no possible way the
verdict can go against this.
We have truth on our side.
Yeah, but
Puff...
Now, the accused may rise.
Do you have any last words
to say for yourself,
Mr.
Paper,
Mr.
Dragon?
Uh, yeah,
Your
Honor.
In 1959, we didn't even
know what marijuana was.
So how could how could
the song about us?
Be about that sir.
That's not for me to sign.
That's for a court to sign.
Mr.
Dragon.
You have any last words?
Well
You'll just have to go on our
record judge
We've entertained people the world over and
always come away with a good feeling
Oh,
Bob, you shouldn't have said that.
That might bias him.
I mean a perpetually good feeling,
Your
Honor.
I mean a naturally good feeling.
I see, okay.
And will the prosecutor rise,
please?
Yes.
Does
Newsweek
Magazine have anything
further to say?
Our case rests.
Well, because of the difficulty in judging this case,
because of the amount of folklore
intertwined with the amount of conjecture,
I feel it only fair to leave it up to the
jury to decide.
If they will, fact, join you in singing several choruses of some,
we will just have
to let you go free.
Have the members of the jury
reached a decision?
Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea.
Looks good,
Puff.
It's looking better,
Puff.
Yeah, they're singing well,
Jimmy.
And they know the words,
Puff.
That's encouraging.
And little
Jackie
Paper loved that rascal
Puff
And he brought him strings and sealing
wax and other fancy stuff
Oh
Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea
And funnecked in the autumn
mist in a land called
Hallelee
Oh,
Pop the
Magic
Dragon lived by the sea
And
Frolicked in the autumn mist
in a lamp on a hill
Together they would travel on
a boat with billows sail
And
Jackie kept a lookout
perched on
Pop's gigantic tail
And noble kings and princes would
bow whene they came
And pirate ships would
lower their flags when
Puff roared out his name
Whoa,
Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea
And if I link them together,
they still have no one to give
And if them together,
they still have no
And if I link them together,
still have no one to give
A dragon lives forever,
but not so little boys
Painted wings and giant's rings
make way for other toys
And one gray night it happened,
Jackie
Paper came no more
And
Puff, that mighty dragon,
he ceased his fearless roar
An d his head was bent in sorrow,
green scales fell like rain
Puff no longer went to play
along the cherry lane
Without his lifelong friend
Puff could not be brave
So
Puff, that mighty dragon
Sadly slipped into his cave
But we could bring him out again
If we sing it real loud one more time
Puff, the magic dragon
Lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
In a land called
Hanalei
It's working,
Puff!
It's working!
I believe so,
Jackie!
Look at the smile on the
judge's face!
In a land called
Honolulu...
Case dismissed!
you
Noel Paul Stookey 
