As the Game of Thrones episode "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" came to a close on April 21, 2019 viewers heard the voice of Florence Welch sing this haunting Celtic melody over the closing credits. High in the halls of the kings who are gone Jenny would dance with her ghost The ones she had lost and the ones she had found And the ones who had loved her the most The folk ballad is about the "strange, lovely, and mysterious" commoner "Jenny of Oldstones" who was a character created by George R. R. Martin for his A Song of Ice and Fire book series. The song tells of her doomed affair with Prince Duncan Targaryen, who gave up his throne for the woman he loved.
The song was written by Martin along with Game of Thrones composer Ramin Djawadi and the show's creators, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.
The entire "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" episode is dedicated to the buildup before the battle at Winterfell between the living and the dead. Another version of "Jenny of Oldstones" was sung a cappella by the character Podrick Payne, portrayed by Scottish actor Daniel Portman Podrick, earlier on, as he and many of his friends drink by the fire before the upcoming battle. His rendition is known as "Jenny's Song."
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