A children's game song.
This presumably evolved some time after the disaster; but given the nature of children, not necessarily very long.
The Folktrax website gives "The Tay Bridge is broken and I'm come to mend it - fal the doo a dido" and says that it is a children's game.
http://folktrax-archive.org/menus/search%20for%20titles_ta_tcha.htm
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A children's game song.
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