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Listen to 16 Most Requested Songs by The Four Lads
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Listen to Pop-Hits: 1955 featuring The Four Lads
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AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
The Four Lads
The Four Lads
Künstler:in
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Jimmy Kennedy
Jimmy Kennedy
Songwriter:in
Nat Simon
Nat Simon
Songwriter:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
Nedra Olds-Neal
Nedra Olds-Neal
Produzent:in
Mark Wilder
Mark Wilder
Mastering-Ingenieur:in

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone
Old Constantinople's still has Turkish delight
On a moonlit night
[Verse 2]
Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul
[Bridge]
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it, I can't say (People just liked it better that way)
[Verse 3]
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
[Verse 4]
Istanbul
Istanbul
[Bridge]
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it, I can't say (People just liked it better that way)
[Verse 5]
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
[Outro]
Istanbul
Written by: Jimmy Kennedy, Nat Simon

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