Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

歌詞

Istanbul was Constantinople;now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople. Been a long time gone, old Constantinople, still it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night! Ev'ry gal in Constantinople lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople, So if you've a date in Constantinople, he'll be waitin' 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 bus'ness but the Turks! Istanbul was Constantinople;now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople. Been a long time gone, old Constantinople, still it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night! Ev'ry gal in Constantinople lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople, So if you've a date in Constantinople, he'll be waitin' 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 bus'ness but the Turks!