Suo Gan

This beautiful Welsh lullaby has only three notes but offers many possible verses and potential arrangements.
Source: SPU Kodaly Summer Institute, Level 1 Materials

Long-Legged Sailor

My students especially like to sing this song either as a chance to act out all the types of legs the sailors have or as a partner hand-clapping game.
Source: Ed. by Bacon, Denise; Erdei, Ida; and Knowles, Faith.  My Singing Bird: 150 Folk Songs

Hot Cross Buns

This well-known English street vendor song is perfect for preparing and presenting re, and a great beginning recorder song.
Source: Ed. Erdei, Peter.  150 American Folk Songs to Sing, Read, and Play p. 1