I am so strange at times, but I've been listening to the early 1980s tune "When She Was My Girl" by the Four Tops. A last hurrah for them in the Top 40.

A groovy tune that reminds me of Raydio and Ray Parker's sound at the time.

My question is in the lyrics that are pretty uneventful until the great Levi Stubbs belts out "..the big red girl is gone". Who was the big red girl? Native American? Seems like an odd lyric for a simple r&b love tune.

Any ideas anyone? A shot in the dark I know.