It appears that no one has posted the Wilmer Watts version, the earliest recorded - 29 October 1929. Here is a start on it. The bits I am uncertain about are in square brackets. Despite repeated listenings, the second line of the penultimate 'Early in the morning ...' stanza eludes me. Any ideas? For a change, it is not the quality of the Paramount pressing, but rather Watts' articulation and accent, that make transcription a challenge.

BEEN ON THE JOB TOO LONG

Twinkle, twinkle 'lectric star
Yonder goes Brady on a 'lectric car
Makin' his way to the freedom land
He's gonna kill him a sucker like a bullnose man
Been on the job too long

Brady was a worker on the telephone wire
'Long come Duncan with a shinin' star
Looked ol' Brady right through the specs
He says, 'There's no use in talkin', Brady, get your check
Been on the job too long

Brady replied and he answered, 'No'
Duncan showed him a sight that was never before
Says, 'Now, Brady, you are [running your 'rest']
Oh, Duncan shot a hole through Brady's chest
Been on the job too long

Brady had a little 25
Kill a man about a half a mile
Duncan had a big 44
Well, he laid old Brady in the barroom door
'Cause he'd been on the job too long

Early in the morning, just about nine
[Horses in the ????? formed a line]
White and the black all gathered around
They're gonna take Mr Brady to the buryin' ground
Been on the job too long

Brady went to hell with a crutch under his arm
Says, 'Mr Devil, well I ain't here long'
Devil says, 'Brady, just this-a way
Well, there's never been a sucker here that ever got away
Been on the job too long

Brady had a little 25
Kill a man about a half a mile
Duncan had a big 44
Well, he laid old Brady in the barroom door
'Cause he'd been on the job too long

Source: transcription of Wilmer Watts & The Lonely Eagles 'Been On The Job Too Long' recorded on 29 October 1929 in NYC and issued as Paramount 3210 [1686]. Reissued on Various Artists 'Times Ain't Like They Used To Be: Early American Rural Music Vol I' Yazoo CD2028.

--Stewie.