Lyrics:Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Live 2018)
| Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Live 2018) |
| By: Jimmy Kennedy |
| Year: 1953 |
spoken: Please, give it up for Mr. Curt Ramm! 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' The Turks' The Turks' Ohhhhhhh ohh ohh ohh Ohhhhhh ohh ohh ohh Ohhhh ohh ohh ohh ohhh Istanbul (Istanbul) Ohhhhhhh ohh ohh ohh Ohhhhhhh ohh ohh ohh Ohhhh ohh ohh ohh ohhh Istanbul Even old New York Was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it I can't say Bibiya dubegah habida way So, take me back to Constantinople Oh, diggo-biddo a-diggy doh doh doh Been a long time gone, Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks' Stan-bul |
