You can listen to MORE WORK FOR THE UNDERTAKER, sung by Daniel W. Quinn circa 1902, at The Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project. I listened again, and I think I can fill in the gaps now:

Verse 2, line 2: "Of cable cars he'd heard an awful lot."

Verse 2, line 7: "The bump of the car changed his address"

Chorus 2, line 5: "A message by cable."

Verse 3, line 5: "His father quickly sent for"