You can hear this at the Internet Archive. My transcription.


RUGGED BUT RIGHT
As recorded by Saxie Dowell on Sonora 3029-A, 1946.

I just called up to tell you I feel rugged but right.
You were wrong to say I didn’t love you last night.
You never seem to understand the things I say and I do.
I only know that I am simply crazy for you,
And if you’d only try to realize the way that I feel,
Realize I idolize you; you’re my ideal.
Though I haven’t gone to bed, I haven’t turned out the light.
I just called up to tell you I feel rugged but right.

[Spoken:] [Except for the boldfaced words, this is a repeat of the above verse.]
Honey, I just called up to tell you I feel rugged but right
You know, you were wrong to say I didn’t love you last night
Trouble is, you never seem to understand the things I say and I do
Why, don’t you know that I am simply ca-razy for you?
And if you’d only stop to realize the way that I feel,
And just realize that I idolize you; baby, you are my ideal.
Though I haven’t gone to bed, I haven’t even turned out the light.
I just wanted to call up and tell you I feel mighty rugged but right.