If the 'alarming' quote is to be attributed to someone familiar with Constantinople under siege, it is quite understandable, and rather accurate, because Constantinople didn't stay Constantinople for very much longer, and hardly Christian at all, and this didn't occur over a long time and didn't result from peaceful means:



Istanbul was Constantinople,
Now its Istanbul not Constantinople,
Been a long time gone from Constantinople,
Now a Turkish delight on a moonlit night.

Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul not Constantinople
So if you've a 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 I better that way.

So take me back to Constantinople,
No you can't go back to Constantinople,
Been a long time gone from Constantinople,
Why did Constantinople get the works?
Thats nobodys 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 I better that way.

So take me back to Constantinople,
No you can't go back to Constantinople,
Been a long time gone from Constantinople,
Why did Constantinople get the works?
Thats nobodys business but the Turks!

ISTANBUL!

(words by Jimmy Kennedy, music by Nat Simon)
sung by The Four Lads and They Might Be Giants