Instanbul was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a Long time gone, Constantinople Now it's a 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 Instanbul Even old New York was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it I can't say People just liked it better that 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 Instanbul
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