Back around 1960 or so, there was a trio of folk singers who were known as Peter Paul and Mary. They had a few hits, but the only reason I listened to them was Mary Travers. The way she sang (a voice that was so smooth and sultry) and looked (long blond hair that she wore in bangs) - she was what nowadays would be called hot!
I don't think I ever bought any of their albums. They were played so often on the top 40 stations I knew their songs by heart. One of their songs was called “Puff the Magic Dragon” - a kid’s lullaby. It was also the name given to a “Gatling Gun'' used in Vietnam. The description is below. Having heard this gun workout, it sounds like an OLD MAN'S FART, ferrrrrrrrrrrrrrah! Long and DEADLY.
The United States Air Force flew its AC-47 gunships in Vietnam while utilizing the call sign “Spooky.” Each of the three Gatling guns (aka “mini-guns'') installed in “Puff” was capable of firing 100 rounds per second. That's 6,000 rounds per minute PER GUN and there were 3 guns. Apparently, to both friends and the enemy, the fire from the eighteen barrels and the tracer rounds reaching to the ground looked like a “dragon's breath.” That fiery breath and the loud roar of the guns led to the name, “Puff the Magic Dragon,” taken from a folk song by Peter, Paul and Mary, which was recorded and made famous in the early 1960s.
Anywhoo, Ol’ Mary died of cancer just the other day.
RIP Mary!
RAT-A-TAT-TAT
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