In the song "My Guy" by Mary Wells, does she mean "My man" or "My partner of unspecified gender"?

I say she means "My man", but some argumentative troll refused to say which was the correct meaning in a comment thread yesterday so I'm posting it as a question now. CIVILISED AND LOGICAL ANSWERS ONLY, PLEASE. Any trollish answers will be deleted and the posters blocked.

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ArishMell · 70-79, M

"Guy" is an old American slang word for a[i] man[/i].

So she was singing about her fellow.

As far as i can tell its wide use in Britain to cover anyone, male or female, adult or child, is very recent, adopted mainly in the last few decades by those who cannot live without gratuitously affecting Americana.

In any case the song was written and published long before people started having unspecified relationships or unspecified genders!

(Have Americans in their own land taken to calling men, "chaps" or "blokes"? :-) )

Royrogers · 61-69, M

@ArishMell or you my good fellow?

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@Royrogers That's a word we don't hear much now, except as a prefix in compounds like "fellow-worker".

Royrogers · 61-69, M

@ArishMell could we take it as a reflection of society. Referring to someone as a good fellow is a polite and jolly thing to do

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@Royrogers Yes, we could! We need more politeness and jollity in life!