But I love this rendition, because of his intro...
"Once upon a time a long time ago in a far off land by the
sea there lived a much-maligned dragon. Don't you know that
it was really a pity because--there never was a different
meaning other than the obvious one. But the magic dragon is
only about--the loss of innocence of children. And now you
can tell your friends that you've heard it from the dragon's
father himself. And another thing you'll notice that we are
singing this song earlier in the program than we ever sang
it before. That's because many of the children who used to
come were very young would fall asleep before it was
possible for them to hear it. So all that goes to show that
even after 25 years a group like us can still learn
something new. Sing it with me now..."
But who doesn't get a tear when they hear
A dragon lives forever but not so little boys
Painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys.
One grey night it happened, jackie paper came no more
And puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar.
His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain,
Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane.
Without his life-long friend, puff could not be brave,
So puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave. oh!
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