Recorded in 1969
Written by Johnny Cash • Unreleased
Last updated on March 26, 2025
Timeline This song was recorded in 1969
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
The "Get Back / Let It Be" sessions • Day 12
Jan 21, 1969
The "Get Back / Let It Be" sessions • Day 22
Jan 31, 1969
Officially appears on Water from the Wells of Home
Unreleased song
From Wikipedia:
“Five Feet High and Rising” is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash.
The song was recorded by Cash on March 12, 1959 for his third Columbia album and released as a single on July 6, 1959, with “I Got Stripes” (another song from the same recording session) on the opposite side.
The song is a first person account of the 1937 flood that Cash, then aged four years and 11 months, endured with his family. They had to leave their home and flee. […]
On January 21, 1969, during the “Get Back” sessions, Paul McCartney and John Lennon played a version of “Five Feet High and Rising“. The four Beatles with Billy Preston played it again on January 31, with George Harrison on vocals.
A/B Road Complete Get Back Sessions - Jan 21st, 1969 - 1 & 2
Unofficial album • Released in 2004
0:33 • Rehearsal • Jan.21 - D2-15 - Five Feet High And Rising 21.40
Session Recording: Jan 21, 1969 • Studio Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London
A/B Road Complete Get Back Sessions - Jan 31th, 1969 - 1 & 2
Unofficial album • Released in 2004
9:03 • Rehearsal • Medley with "Take This Hammer","Lost John","Bear Cat Mama","Black Dog","Right String, Wrong Yo-Yo","Run For Your Life"
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison • Billy Preston
Session Recording: Jan 31, 1969 • Studio Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London
"Five Feet High and Rising" was covered during The Beatles' "Get Back" sessions in January 1969. Here is the complete list of covers recorded by Paul McCartney, either alone or with other Beatles, during these sessions:
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