The Whiffenpoof song (baaa, baaaa, baaa)
Aura Lee (which, as a curious child, i understood to be "orally" and wondered how a blackbird would sing any other way)
Shenandoah (I love your sweetie)

Then there was this little novelty- Anyone ever heard it?

When Pa was a little boy like me he used to go in swimmin',in swimmin'
He used to go 'way up the creek where there was no fear of women,of women
One day, one day,
One day some people came along and stole my pa's apparel (apparel)
He stayed in the water all day loo-oo-oong
And that night came home in a barrel, a barrel
A big.... round.... wooden..... barrel!
(The last "barrel" is shouted and accompanied with merciless tickling)
Took awhile to understand the barrel bit

My Dad also read us Greek myths and Beowulf as bedtime stories when I was 5 or 6

Cheers- Julia