Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

Istanbul was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, oh, Constantinople Still it's Turkey's 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 waitin' 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 was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, oh, Constantinople Still it's Turkey's 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 waitin' 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