Lyrics: Jimmy Kennedy/Nat Simon
Music: Jimmy Kennedy/Nat Simon
Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul not Constaninople
Been a long time gone
Old Contantinople's still has Turkish delight
On a moonlight night
Every gal in Constantinople
Is a Miss-stanbuil, 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 to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Now it's lstanbul , not Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turk'
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 to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Now it's lstanbul , not Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turk'
Istanbul !