Five Feet High and Rising

Just sublime... the GREAT Johnny Cash!
FIVE FEET HIGH AND RISING
My mama always taught me that good things come from adversity if we put our faith in the Lord.
We couldn't see much good in the flood waters when they
were causing us to have to leave home,
But when the water went down,
We found that it had washed a load of rich black bottom dirt across our land.
The following year we had the best cotton crop we'd ever had.

I remember hearing:

How high's the water, mama?
Two feet high and risin'
How high's the water, papa?
Two feet high and risin'

We can make it to the road in a homemade boat
That's the only thing we got left that'll float
It's already over all the wheat and the oats,
Two feet high and risin'

How high's the water, mama?
Three feet high and risin'
How high's the water, papa?
Three feet high and risin'

Well, the hives are gone,
I've lost my bees
The chickens are sleepin'
In the willow trees
Cow's in water up past her knees,
Three feet high and risin'

How high's the water, mama?
Four feet high and risin'
How high's the water, papa?
Four feet high and risin'

Hey, come look through the window pane,
The bus is comin', gonna take us to the train
Looks like we'll be blessed with a little more rain,
4 feet high and risin'

How high's the water, mama?
Five feet high and risin'
How high's the water, papa?
Five feet high and risin'

Well, the rails are washed out north of town
We gotta head for higher ground
We can't come back till the water comes down,
Five feet high and risin'

Well, it's five feet high and risin'

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[patrickballoonman]

Johnny sang this song on "Sesame Street." He told Biff (a construction worker muppet) about the flood he remembered from his childhood that inspired him to write the song. And as Johnny sang the song, Biff stacked five cardboard boxes that were a cubic foot each to show kids how high five feet is.

[pshinspections]

From an era when music meant something about life other than sex, drugs and rebellion.

[MetalMoo69]

JC was the best

[TonyBeazley]

Great stuff from a legend....

[NicoleNanette]

Very Nice

[stewartk77]

I live in James Bay, which always floods..

[Agent422]

Mr. J. R. Cash, One of the highwaymen. He was the second to go

Waylon Jennings was first, Then Johnny. :(

[noshamejamezzz]

How high is the water mama,she said it's 5 feet high and rising.

[CaptDouchebag]

Move?

[c6k6h]

I was thinking of you folks out there...this song came to my mind as well. Wish you all the best to come through this...out in Washington State