Istanbul Not Constantinople lyrics

Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

-Artists: The Four Lads
-peak Billboard position # 10 in 1953
-Words by Jimmy Kennedy and Music by Nat Simon

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

Evr`y gal in Constantinople
Is a Miss-stanbul, not Constantinople
So if you`ve 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!!

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`

`stanbul!!

Transcribed by Robin Hood
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