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'''The Potato Bug Hymn''' is a one-stanza text, inspired in equal parts by an arthropod and by Psalm 42. It was written by [[Leland Bryant Ross]] in October, 2000. The text was written for the tune O Tannenbaum,

==Lyrics==
Potato bug, potato bug,<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;you seek the dark where God is found,<br />
Potato bug, potato bug,<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the dark where God's love's all around.<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Like you, I yearn to shade my eyes,<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to gaze in awe on darkened skies:<br />
I long to crawl beneath a Rock —<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the Rock of my salvation!

==Copyright==
The author has placed the text in the public domain.

==Origin==
The circumstances of the song's origin are explained at [http://www.geocities.com/cigneto/thctxt/en/potatobug1.html the "hymn"'s page in TTT-Himnaro Cigneta]. One influence not mentioned there is [[Brian Wren]]'s hymnody, including the text beginning "Joyful is the dark, holy, hidden God, / rolling cloud of night beyond all naming. . . "

[[category:Hymns by Leland Bryant Ross]]
[[category:Entomological hymnody]]
[[category:O Tannenbaum]]