Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

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
 So take me back to 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
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 Istanbul (Istanbul)
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 Istanbul (Istanbul)
 Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
 Why they changed it, I can't say
 You just liked it better that way
 Istanbul was Constantinople
 Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
 Been a long time gone, Constantinople
 Why did Constantinople get the works?
 That's nobody's business but the Turks
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 So take me back to 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