The Turks loved to raid, pillage, and punder (think pre-Christian Vikings). They also claimed to want to expand true Islam throughout the world and by force if necessary.
Every gal in Constantinople lives in Istanbul, not Constaninople.
Even Old New York, was once New Amsterdam.
Theose Lyrics are at this site,
along with nice music that
plays as you read them
http://www.kanyak.com/lyrics.html Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
-Artists: The Four Lads
-peak Billboard position # 10 in 1953
-Words by Jimmy Kennedy and Music by Nat Simon
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
Evr'y gal in Constantinople
Is a Miss-stanbul, 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'