The music of "Red Sun in the Sky" was adapted by the author from the song of the same name of 1975, and the prototype of the song was a tea-picking ballad widely circulated in Jiangxi.
Song: The sun in the sky is red.
Singer: Li Jing
The sun in the sky is red ~ ~
The sun in my heart is Mao Zedong ~ ~
He led us to liberation ~ ~
People turn over and be masters ~ ~
Yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi.
People turn over to be masters.
Yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi.
People turn over to be masters.
The sun in the sky is red.
The sun in my heart is Mao Zedong.
He led us to liberation ~ ~
People turn over and be masters ~ ~
Yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi.
People turn over to be masters.
Yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi.
People turn over to be masters.
Hello, friends of Yiyi.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
People turn over to be masters.
Yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi.
People turn over to be masters.