<P> `` Shame and Scandal in the Family '' , also known as `` Shame & Scandal '' for short , is a song written by calypso singer Sir Lancelot for the movie I Walked with a Zombie in 1943 and originally titled `` Fort Holland Calypso Song '' . Sir Lancelot issued his recording of it in the late 1940s . The Sir Lancelot version was covered by folksingers Odetta and Burl Ives . In 1962 , Trinidadian calypsonian Lord Melody wrote new lyrics for the verses while keeping the melody and the chorus . The Historical Museum of Southern Florida said of Lord Melody 's version that `` No calypso has been more extensively recorded '' . </P>
<P> `` Shame and Scandal in the Family '' , also known as `` Shame & Scandal '' for short , is a song written by calypso singer Sir Lancelot for the movie I Walked with a Zombie in 1943 and originally titled `` Fort Holland Calypso Song '' . Sir Lancelot issued his recording of it in the late 1940s . The Sir Lancelot version was covered by folksingers Odetta and Burl Ives . In 1962 , Trinidadian calypsonian Lord Melody wrote new lyrics for the verses while keeping the melody and the chorus . The Historical Museum of Southern Florida said of Lord Melody 's version that `` No calypso has been more extensively recorded '' . </P>
who wrote shame and scandal in the family
who wrote shame and scandal in the family
calypso singer Sir Lancelot
calypso singer Sir Lancelot