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Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
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Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
full lyrics... 
Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
full lyrics... 
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Features Of This Song
mellow rock instrumentation
jazz influences
varying tempo and time signatures
call and answer vocal harmony (Antiphony)
minor key tonality
a distinctive male lead vocal
a prominent accordion part
brass instrument solos
solo strings
vocal harmonies

These are just a few of the hundreds of attributes cataloged for this song by the Music Genome Project.
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Why did Constantinople get the works?
So take me back to Constantinople
Istanbul
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
That's nobody's business but the Turks
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Istanbul was Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Istanbul, Istanbul
Why they changed it I can't say
She'll be waiting in Istanbul
Why they changed it I can't say
That's nobody's business but the Turks
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Songwriters: Jimmy Kennedy, Nat Simon
Why did Constantinople get the works?
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
People just liked it better that way
People just liked it better that way
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Every gal in Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
Istanbul, Istanbul
Publisher: CHAPPELL & CO
So take me back to Constantinople
That's nobody's business but the Turks
Istanbul was Constantinople
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