If you love "Puff the Magic Dragon" and "The Wedding Song"(There Is Love)? - then you love Paul Stookey. Happy Birthday, Paul!
Funny synchronicity: I just discovered that Puff is based on a poem written by a student at Cornell - and I happen to be in Ithaca right now (home of Cornell).
So: to the tune of "Puff the Magic Dragon" -
Peter, Paul and Mary
Oh, what a team.
Harmonies from heaven,
Singin’ up a dream.
Paul’s real name was Noel
Changed it for the “stage.”
Guess alliteration
Really was the rage.
Mary, Paul and Peter
We loved their dragon Puff
And “Blowin’ in the Wind” – well,
I cannot get enough.
“The Wedding Song” was written
By that Noel/Paul
Penned it for pal Peter
Now it’s sung by all.
Paul he is amazin’,
He’s still going strong.
Changing the world with music – and today
Happy Birthday is his song!