Puff was probably one of the most innocent songs written in the early 1960's. While I don't agree with their politics I do like the music of P,P,&M. Here's the real story on Puff. Peter Yarrow was attending Brown I think it was and stopped by a friends apartment for lunch after coming from the library and studying Grimness fairtales. The friend {Paul Stookey I believe} wasn't there and Peter typed out a song that had came to his mind about a young boy, his imaginary friend and the boys loss of childhood innocence through growing up. Pot was not all that popular during that era 1960 I think. Peter found the poem on his typewriter and later a song was born. This was something I read from an interview of Peter Yarrow. The Wedding Song by Paul has an interesting twist as well. Notice it is Public Domain? He refused to profit from the song.