Istanbul (Not Constantinople) Lyrics

(J. Kennedy/N. Simon)

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night

Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've got a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul

Even old New York
Was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

So take me backto Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone,  Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks'

Istanbul
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