Five Feet High and Rising

Written by	Johnny Cash
Date	1959
Publisher	Unichappell Music House of Cash Music

Sesame Street Johnny Cash And Biff Sing Five Feet High

In "Five Feet High and Rising", Johnny Cash sings a song that he wrote about his family's experience during a flood when he was a child. Each time he sings the refrain, he adds one more foot to the height of the rising water. Cash first recorded the song for a single in 1959 and it became one of his signature songs.

On Sesame Street, Cash sang the song to Biff, who used square-foot boxes to illustrate the song's lyrics.

Chart performance

"Five Feet High and Rising" was released in 1959, and reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot C&W Sides chart; on the Billboard Hot 100, the song peaked at No. 76.

Releases

Audio

• The Stars Come Out on Sesame Street (1979)

Online

• Sesamestreet.org