Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

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Word & Song by Anthony Esolen
Word & Song by Anthony Esolen
Puff, the Magic Dragon
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Puff, the Magic Dragon

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Jul 31, 2022
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If you haven’t noticed, this past week’s entries at Word and Song have had to do with a theme, childhood and innocence and imagination and growing up, too, if you had a chance to watch the film, “Goodbye, My Lady,” staring the fine child actor, Brandon DeWilde. So what song came to my mind this time around? “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” written in the 195…

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