Many say the green hillside that wraps around the bay looks like a sleeping dragon. This unveiled truth about the hit song, however, doesn’t dispute the popular belief that a dragon lives among Hanalei’s sea cliffs. The article clarifies that the song’s about the “innocence of childhood lost” and inspired by an Ogden Nash poem about a dragon. And as much as it may seem like a hidden reference to smoking marijuana, it’s not. But rather, the reference was a “serendipitous coincidence,” according to Peter himself in an article by The Garden Isle. Turns out, the dragon didn’t quite live in Hanalei. The sleeping “dragon” that protects Hanalei Bay. The popular 1960s folk song by Peter Yarrow and Leonard Lipton has often been connected with this North Shore Kauai town of Hanalei, or in this case, “Honah Lee.” The song references to a mythical land called Honah Lee, where the “magic dragon lived by the sea and frolicked in the autumn mist.” Hawaii Accommodations & Dining Hawaii Animals & Nature Hawaii Beaches & Ocean Hawaii Culture & Happenings Hawaii Hiking & Outdoors Hawaii Travel & Vacation Infoĭoes “Puff the Magic Dragon” still live in the hippy town of Hanalei?
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