Istanbul Lyrics

Renato Carosone Istanbul

Renato Carosone

ISTANBUL

Lyrics/Music: Jimmy B. Kennedy / Nat Simon
Ed. Warner Music Publishing Italy (Milano); Hill and Range Southwind Mus
SA; Warner Bros. Music
Year: 1955
Disc: 1955_Istanbul / Margie (Pathé, MG 312)

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlight 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

Take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks'

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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
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks'

Istanbul...
Istanbul...
Istanbul...!