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\"Istanbul (Not Constantinople)\" is a swing-style song, with lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy and music by Nat Simon. According to They Might Be Giants, the tune was based on the music for \"Puttin' on the Ritz,\" written by Irving Berlin in 1929.
The lyrics refer to the change of the name of the city Constantinople to the Turkish name Istanbul. It also mentions the fact that New York City was originally named New Amsterdam, and that the name change to New York was because \"people just liked it better that way\". In addition, the lyrics opine that the name change from Constantinople to Istanbul is \"nobody's business but the Turks.\"
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Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul not Constantinople
Been a long time gone
Old Constantinople's still has Turkish delight
On a moonlight night

Every gal in Constantinople
Is a Miss- Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've 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'

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)

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...

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