Rocky Mountain

This song seems to call out for students to create new verses describing places they are learning about.  It also can be sung with a partner hand-clapping game.
Source: Ed. by Erdei, Peter.  150 American Folk Songs to Sing, Read, and Play p. 19

North Winds Blow

This is a translation of a Hungarian folk melody used by Zoltan Kodaly.  It has a beautiful minor tonality that fits with the melancholy feel of our Pacific Northwest winters.
Source: Silver-Burdett Music Text
Translated by Ivy Rawlins

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

Little Sally Walker

This English children's song is great for prepping and presenting the quarter rest, as well as practicing la.
Source: Feierabend, John.  Beginning Circle Games p. 11

Laugh, Ha, Ha

A delightful four-part round.  I like to use it for an April Fools Day rondo with students supplying knock-knock jokes in between each repeat of the song.
Source: Zanzig, Augustus D.  101 Rounds For Singing Pub. by World Around Songs Inc. p. 17

Johnny's Flea

When my students play this chase game in the classroom, we only give "Johnny" a count of 3 to catch the "flea."
Source:  SPU Kodaly Summer Institute, Level II