Constantinople (Was Re: Plague and the Migration Age)

[Kevin of Thornbury <kevin@maxson.com>]

Poster: Kevin of Thornbury <kevin@maxson.com>

keith.finn@erols.com wrote:
> 
> Poster: keith.finn@erols.com
> 
> To answer your ?, m'lord, Constantinople fell to the Turks and their
> Hungarian-manned artillery in 1453,

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's 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 it better that way

So take me backto Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks'

- They Might Be Giants, "Istanbul"
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