Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

Istanbul was Constantinople
 Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
 Been a long time gone old Constantinople's
 Still has Turkish delight on a moonlight 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 like 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'
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 Istanbul,
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 Istanbul
 Even old New York
 Was once New Amsterdam
 Why they changed it, I can't say
 People just like 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