Yes, Acorn, I enjoyed the tune and the quick tapping effect of 'Pick a Bale of Cotton' when I first heard it.

Scanning the names of songs at the Kididdle site made me realize how many children's songs are silly and have irritating tunes. Tom, if I were you I would simply look for songs of high quality, whether they are English or not and whether they tell a story or not, because there's so much junk out there.