I'm posting a song a day from the Rise Up Singing songbook, which you may or may not know. It's a pretty invaluable resource for song leaders, and useful for anyone who likes to sing in groups. The book doesn't include the melodies to the songs, just the lyrics and some chords, so I’m trying hard to find the tunes I don’t know, learn them, and post them on YouTube for anyone to learn. That’s where these videos are hosted; the blog is just pretty packaging.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Ruff, the Magic Dragon
By Peter Yarrow and Leonard Lipton
Rise Up Singing chapter: Play, p.175
Peter Paul and Mary do this well, don't they? My version isn't all nicely done up like theirs, and I mess up a couple of times too. It's one more step towards finishing this project, though, and recording all the songs in the Rise Up Singing songbook - even the well-known ones.
Enjoy.
Chords: G D (Bm) C G / C G A D / 1st / C GEm AD GD
Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honalee
Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff
And brought him strings and ceiling wax and other fancy stuff
Oh, Puff... (chorus is 1st two lines repeated twice. I only repeat them once because I forgot.)
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