on a Show". The Swedish song "I'm a Lapp", recorded in 1959 by Sven-Gösta Jonsson, is based on the melody of "Red River Valley." Johnny and the Hurricanes recorded a rock and roll instrumental version in 1959 of the song entitled "Red River Rock" which became a hit in both the US (#5), the UK (#3), and Canada (#3). The tune of "Red River Valley" was used for the verses of the 1963 Connie Francis hit "Drownin' My Sorrows" (#36). "Drownin' My Sorrows" was covered in German as "Ich tausche mit keinem auf der Welt" in 1964 by Margot Eskens, and in Croatian as "Uz Tebe Sam Sretna" in 1968 by Ana Štefok. The premier Czech vocalist Helena Vondráčková made her recording debut in September 1964 with "Červená řeka", a rendering of "Red River Valley". A fatalistic chorus can be found in some sources related to F-105 pilots in Vietnam: In its soundtrack, the 2010 video game Fallout: New Vegas adapted the lyrics and tune of "Red River Valley" as "New Vegas Valley". The first four verses of the chant "Scouser Tommy", sung by supporters of Liverpool F.C., is to the tune of "Red River Valley". "Red River Valley" is also the official Slow March of the Fort Garry Horse, a reserve Line Cavalry Regiment of the Canadian Army. The 19th Century Manitoba song "Red River Valley" is played weekly on Philippine TV on a GMA TV comedy show called Bubble Gang, with varied Tagalog humorous lyrics sung to the accompaniment of ukuleles. This has occurred from circa 2011 to present day, by various performers. David McEnery (1914–2002), singer-songwriter otherwise known as Red River Dave The Ant and the Grasshopper story is sung to the tune of Red River Valley in a Cocomelon video (2018). Sources Edith Fowke and Keith MacMillan. (1973). The Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin. Allen, Jules Verne. "Singing Along" (reprinted from New Mexico Magazine, 1935). Roundup of Western Literature: An Anthology for Young Readers pp. 82–85, edited by Oren Arnold. Kerrigan, James J. "In The Bright Mohawk Valley". New York: Howley, Haviland & Co. (1896). Fowke, Edith "The Red River Valley Re-examined." Western Folklore 23 (July 1964) 1630–71. Fuld, James J. The Book of World-Famous Music: Classical, Popular, and Folk. Dover Publications (2000). Waltz, Robert B; David G. Engle. "The Red River Valley". The Traditional Ballad Index: An Annotated Bibliography of the