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 got a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul


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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 got 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


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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 got a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul