著名歌曲《东方红》,自解放前夕产生以来,早已户晓家知,人人会唱,歌声响彻了全中国。长期以来,关于它的词作者一直署名为“李有源词”。但是《青年文娱手册》一书收入《东方红》时,词作者署名却为张松如,即公木。这是怎么回事? 关于这首歌曲究竟是怎样产生的?它的真实词作者又是谁?近年来,笔者有幸与我国当代著名诗人、吉林大学教授公木多有接触。在1992年7月2日和17日的两次接触和谈话中,公木向我介绍了《东方红》这首歌曲产生的真实过程。 《东方红》歌曲的产生是由《移民歌》开始的。1944年春,一支陕北移民队由葭县出发经延安去南泥湾。这支移民队队长李增正是李有源的侄子,他俩都是陕北著名歌手,李增正更擅长编歌。在移民队行进途中,李 The famous song “Dongfanghong”, since the eve of the eve of liberation, has long known household Xiao, everyone will sing, singing all over China. For a long time, the author of the word about it has always been entitled “Li Youyuan”. However, “Youth Culture and Tourism Handbook,” a book income “Dongfanghong”, the author of the word was Zhang Songru, that is, common wood. What’s going on? How did this song come about? Who is its true word writer? In recent years, I was fortunate enough to have contact with the famous contemporary poet in our country and Professor Gong Mu of Jilin University. During the two contacts and talks on July 2 and July 17, 1992, Gong Mu introduced me to the real process of the song “Dongfanghong”. The production of “Dongfanghong” songs began with the “Song of Immigrants.” In the spring of 1944, a team of northern Shaanxi immigrants started from Yixian County to Nannihwan via Yan’an. The captain of the immigration team, Li Zengzheng, is Li Youyuan’s nephew, both of whom are famous singers in northern Shaanxi. Li Zengzheng is better at composing songs. On the way to immigration team, Lee