Winnie,

Lots of people have learned tunes in the way that you plan to. If you tell us the names of some of the tunes that you want to learn, I bet that people will give you the words which they used to learn those tunes.

Give me all my money, for I'm Off To California
Never mind the furthermore, the plea is self defense
Skinna ma linky doodle dum, don't say I didn't warn ya
I'm off to California, and I'm sitting on a fence

Jacob