Here's a slightly different version of the FAREWELL song that Joe posted above:

From The Boylston Club Collection of German and English Four Part Songs (Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 1875):

(That book also has musical notation.)


SOLDIER'S FAREWELL
Words, translated from the German by L. C. Elson. Music, Johanna Kinkel.

1. How can I bear to leave thee?
One parting kiss I give thee;
And then whate'er befalls me,
I go where honor calls me.

CHORUS: Farewell, farewell, my own true love.
Farewell, farewell, my own true love.

2. Ne'er more may I behold thee,
Or to this heart enfold thee;
With spear and pennon glancing,
I see the foe advancing. CHORUS

3. I think of thee with longing.
Think thou, when tears are thronging,
That with my last faint sighing,
I'll whisper soft, while dying, CHORUS