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Peter Yarrow was born on May 31, 1938 in New York City, New York, USA.
Peter of the folk group Peter Paul & Mary . In 1965, Newsweek published an article claiming that "Puff, the Magic Dragon" was actually a song about drugs, containing secret code words: "Puff" = smoke; "lived by the sea" = C (cocaine); "mist" = smoke; "Hohna Lee" = another name for hashish; "Little Jackie Paper" = used to wrap joints. Yarrow insists to this day that the song was simply about the loss of childhood innocence, and has no drug connections whatsoever. Co-founder of The Kerrville Folk Festival, Kerrville, Texas, in 1972. In 1982, he received the Allard K. Lowenstein Award (Park River Independent Democrats) for his "remarkable efforts in advancing the causes of human rights, peace and freedom." His composition "Light One Candle" has been adopted as a hymn by the Unitarian-Universalist Association, and appears in their supplemental hymnal "Singing the Journey" (Hymn # 1021). He co-wrote the Mary MacGregor hit "Torn Between Two Lovers". His wife is the niece of Democratic senator and presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy . Children with Mary Beth; Daughter, Bethany (b. 1971?), a documentary film maker and contemporary folk performer and son, Christopher (b. 1973?), shop owner The Monkey and the Rat at 131 N.W. Second Ave. Portland, OR.