The tune to "Days of Absence" is "Rousseau's Dream," which is known as "Go Tell Aunt Rhody." Four editions are at the Levy Collection.

Title: Absence. (Click here)
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: Air Rousseau's Dream. Arranged By C. Meineke.
Publication: Baltimore: John Cole, n.d..
Form of Composition: strophic with chorus
Instrumentation: piano and voice
First Line: Days of absence, sad and dreary, Cloth'd in sorrows dark array
Subject: Courtship & love
Subject: Depression
Call No.: Box: 043 Item: 001