Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

Stanbul 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

Istan-Istan-Istan-Istan-bul

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

Istan-Istan-Istan-Istan-bul

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