"Mapping It Out". It also appeared on the direct to video special Jukebox Band Lullaby. 1990, Played in the film score when the gang member played by David Morse meets his demise in the movie, Desperate Hours. 1993, Dana Delany sang it in the film Tombstone, though not in its entirety. 2006, Sung by Garrison Keillor and cast in the film, A Prairie Home Companion. 2014, A part of the song was sung in the film Wild, by child actor Evan O'Toole during a scene with Reese Witherspoon. 2017, Harry Dean Stanton sang it in Part 10 of Twin Peaks. 2017, A harmonica version played repeatedly in the film, Lucky. TV appearances 1962-63, sung by Ken Curtis on his TV series, Ripcord, with Harry Carey Jr. playing guitar. It was on one of two guest appearances Carey made on the show (one in 1962, the other in 1963). Other cultural references The song is played by Randall in Recess in the episode "One Stayed Clean", while he is sitting with TJ, Gus and the diggers in their hole. In the episode, the gang helps Gus (who has never had a picture day because of his constantly changing schools) stay clean so he can have a great school photo. "Red River Valley" was the theme song of Our Gal Sunday, a soap opera broadcast on CBS radio from 1937 to 1959. "Jarama Valley", a song about the Battle of Jarama of the Spanish Civil War, used the tune to "Red River Valley". It was recorded by Woody Guthrie and The Almanac Singers, featuring Pete Seeger. The tune to "Red River Valley", set to new lyrics and entitled "Can I Sleep In Your Arms", was used on Willie Nelson's 1975 album, Red Headed Stranger. This version was based on the song "Can I Sleep in your Barn Tonight Mister." Johnny Cash wrote and performed a humorous song entitled "Please Don't Play Red River Valley" for his 1966 album, Everybody Loves a Nut Bob Dylan wrote and recorded "Red River Shore" — which uses motifs and plays with themes from "Red River Valley" — for Time Out of Mind (1997). Left off the album, two versions of it were included in The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased 1989–2006 in 2008. The Kidsongs Kids parodied this song on their 1995 Let's Put on a Show video as "We'll Put