Ishtambul was Constantinople Now it's Ishtambul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, old Constantinople Still it's Turkish delight on a moonlight
night Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Ishtambul, not Constantinople So if you were datin' 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 Oh no, you can't go back to Constantinople
Now it's Ishtambul, not Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the word?
That's nobody's business but the Turks
Ishtambul was Constantinople Now it's Ishtambul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, old Constantinople Still it's Turkish delight on a moonlight
night Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Ishtambul, not Constantinople So if you were datin' 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 Oh no, you can't go back to Constantinople
Now it's Ishtambul, not Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the word?
That's nobody's business but the Turks
Nobody's business but the Turks