Lyrics:Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Dial-A-Song)
| Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Dial-A-Song) |
| By: Jimmy Kennedy |
| Year: 1953 |
Do it again as... No! Butter! Oh! Joe! 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' Yeah! Doo doo doo, doo doo badaba bada (ohh oh oh) Doo doo doo, doo doo badaba bada (oh oh) Doo doo doo, doo doo badaba bada doo doo doo (oh ohh) Istanbul (Istanbul) Doo doo doo, doo doo badaba bada (ohh oh oh) Doo doo doo, doo doo badaba bada (oh oh) Doo doo doo, doo doo badaba bada doo doo doo (oh ohh) Istanbul (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' (doo doo doo, doo dadaba doo doo) Istanbul |
