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An exciting Jacobite song about a battle in 1745.
Sir John (or Jonathan) Cope (1688–1760) was a British soldier, and Whig Member of Parliament, representing three separate constituencies between 1722 and 1741. He is chiefly remembered for his defeat at Prestonpans, the first significant battle of the Jacobite rising of 1745.

The English general John Cope challenged Bonnie Prince Charlie to fight. When the army of Highlanders met Cope’s soldiers at Prestonpans near Edinburgh, Cope’s army ran away and General Cope ran faster than most, according to the song.

I searched, General Cope is not in my family tree.