Sad song (5)
'sad song' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for dirge that I've seen before include "Funereal music" , "Slow, sad song" , "lamentable composition" , "Requiem" , "dreary tune" .)
'sad song' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for lament that I've seen before include "Song of sorrow" , "Mental (anag)" , "Dirge; bewail" , "Mourn, grieve for" , "Elegy" .)