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From the song Istanbul (Not Constantinople):
So take me back to 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
What do they mean by get the works?
The works is a colloquial expression meaning the entirety of something: a hamburger with the works, for instance, is a hamburger with all available condiments and relishes.
To "get the works" is typically employed with legal sentences: to be sentenced to the most severe punishment permitted. This expression corresponds to "give [someone] the works", to deal out the most severe punishment permitted.
The name "Constantinople" got the works: it received an onomastic death penalty, being completely replaced by the Turkish derivative, "Istanbul".
