PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
146 - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Verse 1
Is-tan-bul was (←)Con-stant-i-no-ple; now it’s
Is-tan-bul, not (←)Con-stant-i-no-ple. Been a
Long time gone, old (←)Con-stant-i-no-ple, still it’s
Turk-ish delight on a moon-lit night!
Verse 2
Ev-ery gal in (←)Con-stant-i-no-ple lives in
Is-tan-bul, not (←)Con-stant-i-no-ple, so if
You’ve a date in (←)Con-stant-i-no-ple she’ll be
Wait-in’ in Is-tan-bul!
Middle 8
(softly - Soprano/Alto) Even old New York was once New Amster-dam.
(loud - Tenor/Bass) Why they changed it I can’t say;
(All)Peo-ple just liked it bet-ter that way!
Verse 3
Take me back to (←)Con-stant-i-no-ple! No! You
Can’t go back to (←)Con-stant-i-no-ple! Now it’s
Is-tan-bul, not (←)Con-stant-i-no-ple! Why did
Con-stant-i-no-ple get the works? That’s
No-body’s business but the Turks!
16 bar instrumental (KEYBOARD Bars 13-20; FLUTE bars 21-28)
Verse 1 repeat
Is-tan-bul was (←)Con-stant-i-no-ple; now it’s
Is-tan-bul, not (←)Con-stant-i-no-ple. Been a
Long time gone, old (←)Con-stant-i-no-ple, still it’s
Turk-ish delight on a moon-lit night!
Verse 2 repeat
Ev-ery gal in (←)Con-stant-i-no-ple lives in
Is-tan-bul, not (←)Con-stant-i-no-ple, so if
You’ve a date in (←)Con-stant-i-no-ple she’ll be
Wait-in’ in Is-tan-bul!
Middle 8 repeat
(softly - Soprano/Alto) Even old New York was once New Amster-dam.
(loud - Tenor/Bass) Why they changed it I can’t say;
(All)Peo-ple just liked it bet-ter that way!
Verse 3 repeat
Take me back to (←)Con-stant-i-no-ple! No! You
Can’t go back to (←)Con-stant-i-no-ple! Now it’s
Is-tan-bul, not (←)Con-stant-i-no-ple! Why did
Con-stant-i-no-ple get the works? That’s
No-body’s business but the Turks!
Tag
(strong and loud)That’s no—bo--dy’s bus--iness but the Tur---ks!
© 1953 ALAMO MUSIC INC. Written by Jimmy Kennedy & Nat Simon