"Music Magazine" contains three songs, the author is signed by Xi Shuang (Li Shutong's alias). These three songs are "My Country", "Spring Suburban Race" and "Sui Di Liu" that we are going to talk about in detail.

Li Shutong himself divided these three songs into two categories. "My Country" and "Spring Suburban Race" were sung for education; "Sui Diliu" was sung in a different style and marked as imitation lyrics body. The lyrics of the three songs were undoubtedly written by Li Shutong, but the music was not composed by himself. Since the names of the composers were not indicated when these three songs were published in "Music Magazine", it was not until later that others made an analysis. 1. Let’s look at “My Country” first. The lyrics are full of the kind of heroic spirit that often appeared in Li Shutong’s poems in his youth:

The east sea is east, and the waves are red. The morning sun is bright and the clouds are rising. Five continents are in my center. Who rules the roost in the twentieth century? Please see the illustrious gods. Long live my country, my country, long live my country.

Kunlun Peak towers mistyly. The bright moon is in the heart of the sky, surrounded by stars. Five continents are in my center. Who rules the roost in the twentieth century? Please see the illustrious gods. Long live my country, my country, long live my country.

Although the contrast between reality and passion is huge, just as Li Shutong said in "Golden Thread Song" written before leaving the motherland: Who will clean up the broken mountains and rivers, the scattered west wind will still remain. But he also wrote: I can't sleep in the cold wind for a long night, and it would be a shame to save all living beings without breaking my heart. It is the motherland, and I cannot bear to let it down. His subjective wish is still for the motherland to be strong. Therefore, as an educational song, Li Shutong is still eulogizing the east sea and the east, the vast red waves, and singing who will rule the roost in the twentieth century, please see the illustrious gods. A lot of painstaking efforts, both singing and crying.

"My Country" has been widely sung as soon as it was published. It has been included in many song albums. Even the Japanese music educator Suzuki Yonejiro (1868-1940) also gave a singing seminar at the Yaya Concert. Used as a teaching material in the classroom. As for the tune of this song, it is still difficult to verify. There is also little evidence whether it was Li Shutong himself.

2. Relatively speaking, another educational song "Spring Suburban Race" is much clearer.

The music of this song is taken from the music composed by Karl Gottlieb Hering (1765-1853) in Germany for Karl Hahn's "Trojan Horse" song, and the song is also imitated from the "Trojan Horse" song. income. We can clearly see this from the comparison:

The lyrics of "Trojan Horse" are:

Jump, jump, jump! The pony danced. Ride a wooden horse, ride a stone horse, don't jump around! The pony jumped well! Jump, jump, jump, jump, jump!

Run, run, run! Don't knock me down! If you're going to throw me down, a lash, just a little more. Don't knock me down! Run, run, run, run, run!

Stop, stop, stop! Stop running forward! If you want to run further, I must feed you. Pony, stop! Stop running forward!

The lyrics of "Spring Suburban Race" are:

Run! run! run! See who gets there first. The willows are green and the peach blossoms are smiling. Everything is spring, and men are young. run! run! run! run! run! The championship was won.

Li Shutong only composed this section, and the lyrics closely follow the theme of "Spring Suburban Race". It can be said that the imitation is very good. 3. In "Sui Diliu", which is sung in a different style, Li Shutong wrote a small note at the end of the lyrics, saying: This song imitates the lyrics style, which is not the right track. The author has a unique touch, and the writing is complete. The sound is made, and its sound is desolate, like the flute of the mountain sun. "Le Ji" says, "Those who feel sad will kill them if they cry out", which is almost a loss of their kind. Li Shutong also noted the word "Ai Yan" on the music score. So what kind of unique song is this? Let's take a look:

Even when the west wind wakes up the declining willows on the Sui embankment, the country is not the same as before, but the scenery is vaguely desolate. Scattered old dreams are floating on the pillow, and it is difficult to look back after reading all the stories about rise and fall. In the past, there was a wisp of light smoke under the beaded curtain, the moon was shining brightly, and the remaining water and mountains were left in the autumn of my country. Whether you know it or not, the eyes are far away from Mai Xiu. It is said that it is very ruthless, and the love is so deep in my heart. The cuckoo cries blood and weeps in China, and the begonia sheds tears and loses weight in autumn. Deep sorrow, shallow sorrow, difficult to bear, who is singing in the courtyard?

Such sadness can be found in many of Li Shutong's early poems. Here he recorded such a sad song alongside "My Country" and "Spring Suburban Race", which to some extent reflects Li Shutong's own dual character.

Feng Zikai once said in the preface to "Li Shutong's Song Collection" written in 1957: I remember... Mr. Li composed music and lyrics, and there is another song called "Sui Diliu".

However, according to Mr. Qian Renkang's research in the article ""Sui Diliu" Li Shutong's First Imitation Song", this song was not composed by Li Shutong. The original song was "Dai" by American pop song writer Harry Dacre. Daisy Bell" (DaisyBell), also known as "BicycleBuildFirTwo".

"Daisy Bell" was originally a lively waltz that is still sung today. Li Shutong used such a brisk waltz with sad lyrics, which was really a bold move.