Instanbul (not Constantinople) Lyrics

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's 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 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'

Doo-doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo-doo doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo-doo doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo-doo doo-doo
Istanbul (Istanbul)
Doo-doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo-doo doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo-doo doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo-doo doo-doo
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
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

Doo-doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo-doo doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo-doo doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo-doo doo-doo
Doo doo doo-doo doo doo doo doo

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