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Release Vietnamin linnut
Year 1972
Label Love # LRLP 63
Format LP · Album
Country Finland
Language Finnish
Songs here 13 in the archive
Citation: Justin A. Brummer, Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) — Meripioneerit, Vietnamin linnut, accessed 13 November 2026; cite each song by its SongID

Vietnamin linnut

1972 · Album · Love # LRLP 63 · Finland
13 songs from this release are in the archive, listed below in catalogue order. Track positions are not recorded; the release may carry other songs that do not reference the war. Most common themes: Anti-War.
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Notes
Finnish Folk Pop group Meripioneerit, influenced by the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement which developed in Latin America in the 1960s, usually with leftist political and social messages. This group formed and disbanded in 1972, and this was there only record (Love Records # LRLP 63). The title translates as "Vietnamese Birds" , with the front cover displaying images of doves. Album arranged and produced by Kaj Chydenius. Songs included "Nukkuvat Vietnamin linnut" ( "Sleeping Vietnamese Birds" ) and "Lähtekää jo, amerikkalaiset" ( "Leave Already, Americans" ). All songs on the album are Vietnam-related.

Track list:
A1 Lenin-setä asuu Venäjällä (Uncle Lenin Lives in Russia)
A2 Oath (Vala)
A3 Sleeping Vietnamese Birds (Nukkuvat Vietnamin linnut)
A4 Once Upon a Time a Little Boy (Oli kerran pikkuinen poika)
A5 Song of a Black Soldier (Mustan sotamiehen laulu)
A6 We Want to Live in This Country (Me haluamme elää tässä maassa)
A7 You Ask, Friend, Why (Sinä kysyt, ystävä, miksi)
B1 Who Killed Vietnamese Birds? (Kuka murhasi Vietnamin linnut?)
B2 The Story of the Little Hero (Tarina pikku sankarista)
B3 The Achievements of Western Military Science (Länsimaisen sotatieteen saavutukset)
B4 They Came From Heaven (Niitä tuli taivaan täydeltä)
B5 Leave Already, Americans (Lähtekää jo, amerikkalaiset)
B6 President Barrientos' Midsummer Dances (Presidentti Barrientosin juhannustanssit)
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Songs from this release appear in these 3 curated collections.
The songs
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1972 · Album · Love # LRLP 63 · Helsinki, Finland · Vietnamin linnut

Finnish Folk Pop group Meripioneerit, influenced by the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement which developed in Latin America in the 1960s, usually with leftist political and social messages

Theme: Anti-War
2.
1972 · Album · Love # LRLP 63 · Helsinki, Finland · Vietnamin linnut

Finnish Folk Pop group Meripioneerit, influenced by the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement which developed in Latin America in the 1960s, usually with leftist political and social messages Album Vietnamin linnut ("Vietnamese Birds"; front cover with images of doves); all songs on the album are Vietnam-related. Track list: A1 Lenin-setä asuu Venäjällä (Uncle Lenin Lives in Russia); A2 Vala (Oath); A3 Nukkuvat Vietnamin linnut (Sleeping Vietnamese Birds); A4 Oli kerran pikkuinen poika (Once Upon a Time a Little Boy); A5 Mustan sotamiehen laulu (Song of a Black Soldier); A6 Me haluamme elää tässä maassa (We Want to Live in This Country); A7 Sinä kysyt, ystävä, miksi (You Ask, Friend, Why); B1 Kuka murhasi Vietnamin linnut? (Who Killed Vietnamese Birds?); B2 Tarina pikku sankarista (The Story of the Little Hero); B3 Länsimaisen sotatieteen saavutukset (The Achievements of Western Military Science); B4 Niitä tuli taivaan täydeltä (They Came From Heaven); B5 Lähtekää jo, amerikkalaiset (Leave Already, Americans); B6 Presidentti Barrientosin juhannustanssit (President Barrientos' Midsummer Dances).

Theme: Anti-War
3.
1972 · Album · Love # LRLP 63 · Helsinki, Finland · Vietnamin linnut

Finnish Folk Pop group Meripioneerit, influenced by the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement which developed in Latin America in the 1960s, usually with leftist political and social messages

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1972 · Album · Love # LRLP 63 · Helsinki, Finland · Vietnamin linnut

Finnish Folk Pop group Meripioneerit, influenced by the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement which developed in Latin America in the 1960s, usually with leftist political and social messages

5.
1972 · Album · Love # LRLP 63 · Helsinki, Finland · Vietnamin linnut

Finnish Folk Pop group Meripioneerit, influenced by the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement which developed in Latin America in the 1960s, usually with leftist political and social messages

Theme: Anti-War
6.
1972 · Album · Love # LRLP 63 · Helsinki, Finland · Vietnamin linnut

Finnish Folk Pop group Meripioneerit, influenced by the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement which developed in Latin America in the 1960s, usually with leftist political and social messages

Theme: Anti-War
7.
1972 · Album · Love # LRLP 63 · Helsinki, Finland · Vietnamin linnut

Finnish Folk Pop group Meripioneerit, influenced by the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement which developed in Latin America in the 1960s, usually with leftist political and social messages

Theme: Anti-War
8.
1972 · Album · Love # LRLP 63 · Helsinki, Finland · Vietnamin linnut

Album Vietnamin linnut ("Vietnamese Birds"; front cover with images of doves); all songs on the album are Vietnam-related. Track list: A1 Lenin-setä asuu Venäjällä (Uncle Lenin Lives in Russia); A2 Vala (Oath); A3 Nukkuvat Vietnamin linnut (Sleeping Vietnamese Birds); A4 Oli kerran pikkuinen poika (Once Upon a Time a Little Boy); A5 Mustan sotamiehen laulu (Song of a Black Soldier); A6 Me haluamme elää tässä maassa (We Want to Live in This Country); A7 Sinä kysyt, ystävä, miksi (You Ask, Friend, Why); B1 Kuka murhasi Vietnamin linnut? (Who Killed Vietnamese Birds?); B2 Tarina pikku sankarista (The Story of the Little Hero); B3 Länsimaisen sotatieteen saavutukset (The Achievements of Western Military Science); B4 Niitä tuli taivaan täydeltä (They Came From Heaven); B5 Lähtekää jo, amerikkalaiset (Leave Already, Americans); B6 Presidentti Barrientosin juhannustanssit (President Barrientos' Midsummer Dances).

Theme: Anti-War
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1972 · Album · Love # LRLP 63 · Helsinki, Finland · Vietnamin linnut

Finnish Folk Pop group Meripioneerit, influenced by the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement which developed in Latin America in the 1960s, usually with leftist political and social messages

Theme: Anti-War
10.
1972 · Album · Love # LRLP 63 · Helsinki, Finland · Vietnamin linnut

Finnish Folk Pop group Meripioneerit, influenced by the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement which developed in Latin America in the 1960s, usually with leftist political and social messages

Theme: Anti-War
11.
1972 · Album · Love # LRLP 63 · Helsinki, Finland · Vietnamin linnut

Finnish Folk Pop group Meripioneerit, influenced by the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement which developed in Latin America in the 1960s, usually with leftist political and social messages

Theme: Anti-War
12.
1972 · Album · Love # LRLP 63 · Helsinki, Finland · Vietnamin linnut

Finnish Folk Pop group Meripioneerit, influenced by the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement which developed in Latin America in the 1960s, usually with leftist political and social messages

Theme: Anti-War
13.
1972 · Album · Love # LRLP 63 · Helsinki, Finland · Vietnamin linnut

Finnish Folk Pop group Meripioneerit, influenced by the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement which developed in Latin America in the 1960s, usually with leftist political and social messages

Theme: Anti-War