Potato Bug, Potato Bug

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,
     you seek the dark where God is found,
Potato bug, potato bug,
     the dark where God's love's all around.
          Like you, I yearn to shade my eyes,
          to gaze in awe on darkened skies:
I long to crawl beneath a Rock —
     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 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. . . "