Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - Four Lads (1953)

 

 

Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - Four Lads
(1953)

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'
Istanbul