What do Mary, Queen of Scots and Ozzy Osbourne have in common?

The list isn't long, but on it are the music students of Sippican School, who performed songs written by both the sixteenth-century queen of Scotland and the hard-partying "Prince of Darkness" at their annual Spring Concert.

Chorus leader Patty Richard and band teacher Hannah Moore led all of their music students through several songs, oftentimes focusing on the fifth-and-sixth grade members of the groups.

Richard and the chorus began the concert, singing "This Train is Bound for Glory," an old spiritual sung on the Underground Railroad. They also tackled "Think on Me," a song based on a poem ostensibly written by Mary, Queen of Scots. She wrote the poem as she languished in the Tower of London before her execution, which had been ordered by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England.

For their last performance, the group sang "Bye Bye Blackbird," and Richard had the sixth graders sing the chorus "with all the sadness they feel as they leave this school!" This led to some amusing antics as Richard added her own theatrical sadness to the song. "Why?" she warbled loudly at one point, clutching her heart theatrically. The audience broke out into laughter.

Sippican School's Band played next, performing a medley of tunes including the 1940s jazz standard "Harlem Nocturn." They then upped the ante by playing "Iron Man," performed by Ozzy Osbourne's band, Black Sabbath.

"These were not easy songs!" said Moore. "You can see how far they've come. I'm lucky I have such talented students to work with."