Ausgezeichnet, Alex! The site Alex linked to has a translation, along with a MIDI tune and WAV files, and additional versions in German and Latin. I found a verse translation in a 1968 Oak Publications book called German Folk Songs. It certainly is a powerful song.
-Joe Offer

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Ich hatt einen Kameraden
Ballad of a Friend

I never shall forget him,
The comrade by my side,
To the deadly muskets' rattle
He marched with me to battle
With even step and stride.
With even step and stride.

A bullet came from nowhere,
It found us side by side,
I heard my comrade calling,
I saw his body falling:
A part of me had died,
Yes, a part of me had died.

The battle raged around us,
No time to clasp his hand:
"We shall march no more together,
May you rest in peace forever,
Farewell to you, good friend,
Farewell to you, my friend."

English translation and additional material by Arthur Kevess, Aaron Kramer, and Earl Robinson. ©1968 by River Bend Music, Inc.
German lyrics by Ludwig Uhland, 1809; music by Friedrich Silcher, 1825.