Oh let me walk by the Royal Mile
That Scotland's brave highway
Where at one o'clock from the Castle Rock
Comes Auld Ricky's call each day
And as the echo sounds from the palace grounds
The heavens and Scotland smile
And you've made your day in a royal way
On the Royal Mile
If fate decreed that I should walk
But just one mile each day
And I with age and sorrow's weight
Were given my choice of way
I'd choose from every mile I've crossed
On land or sea or air
The mile that makes a Scotsman proud
Of Edinburgh fair
Oh let me walk by the Royal Mile
That Scotland's brave highway
Where at one o'clock from the Castle Rock
Comes Auld Ricky's call each day
And as the echo sounds from the palace grounds
The heavens and Scotland smile
And you've made your day in a royal way
On the Royal Mile
For when I walk that famous mile
The air about me rings
With footsteps made in days gone by
By princes, queens, and kings
For here is Scotland's history
Her freedom lost and won
And here my heart is ever homing
Till my life is done
Oh let me walk by the Royal Mile
That Scotland's brave highway
Where at one o'clock from the Castle Rock
Comes Auld Ricky's call each day
And as the echo sounds from the palace grounds
The heavens and Scotland smile
And you've made your day in a royal way
On the Royal Mile
Yes you've made your day in a royal way
On the Royal Mile