Istambul (Not Constantinople) Songtext
von Ska Cubano

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 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

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can′t go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That′s nobody's business but the Turks


Istanbul (Istanbul)
Istanbul (Istanbul)

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 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

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody′s business but the Turks


Istanbul (Istanbul)
Istanbul (Istanbul)