Funeral song (5)
I believe the answer is:
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">funeral song</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for dirge that I've seen before include "Lamentation" , "A depressing number" , "Funeral music" , "A slow mournful song, lament for the dead" , "feature of funeral" .)