Greybeard Halt

Greybeard Halt is a friend of mine
"He lives on redmonts hill"
Greybeard Halt never took a bath
And they say He never will!

Fare thee well, Greybeard Halt
Fare thee well, I say
Fare thee well, Greybeard Halt
I’ll see you on your way

Greybeard Halt, he lost a bet
He lost his winter coat
When winter comes, Halt stays warm
By sleeping 'mongst the goats.

Fare thee well, Greybeard Halt
Fare thee well, I say
Fare thee well, Greybeard Halt
I'll see you on your way.

Greybeard Halt, he lives with goats
That's what I’ve heard tell
He hasn’t changed his socks for years
But the goats don't mind the smell!

Fare thee well, Greybeard Halt
Fare thee well, I say
Fare thee well, Greybeard Halt
I’ll see you on your way

Greybeard Halt is a fighting man
I’ve heard common talk
That Greybeard Halt, he cuts his hair
With his saxe knife and fork!

Fare thee well, Greybeard Halt
Fare thee well, I say
Fare thee well, Greybeard Halt
I’ll see you on your way

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Greybeard Halt performed by John Flanagan

Greybeard Halt is a song Will created when he was learning to play the Mandola as an apprentice. When Halt heard it for the first time he wasn't all too happy about it; he made Will spend all night up a tree, despite what Will said to Delia after he sang the song to her. When Will meets with Crowley and Halt at the Ranger Corps Gathering Grounds, Crowley asks him to demonstrate a song as confirmation of his prospective talent as a jongleur, completely unaware of the fact that Will made it into a parody. Will starts off all right, remembering to sing the right words but then ends up going into the parody version which Crowley finds absolutely hilarious and Halt isn't too pleased about the fact, saying how it isn't that funny.
The song is a parody of "Old Joe Smoke", an Araluen folk song.