Ä°stanbul
Istanbul
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 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
Take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back (to Constantinople)
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the turks
(Istanbul)
(Istanbul)
(Istanbul), not Constantinople
Now it's (Istanbul), not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Still it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
(Every gal) in Constantinople
Lives in (Istanbul), not Constantinople
So if you've 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
Take me back to Constantinople
(No, you can't go back to Constantinople)
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the turks
Istanbul
Istanbul

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