After the Battle of Prestonpans, Jacobite clansmen pursued and plundered Cope's fleeing army as far as Dunbar and beyond. The government baggage train — containing the army's pay chest, military equipment, cannon and supplies — was captured almost intact. Dragoons who had fled from the battlefield without fighting were pursued across East Lothian. A significant number of government soldiers were captured in farmhouses and behind dykes, having hidden from the pursuing Highlanders. The plunder from Prestonpans enormously enriched the Jacobite army and provided much-needed artillery and military stores. Cope himself escaped on horseback and became the subject of the famous satirical song 'Hey Johnnie Cope, are ye waukin yet?'
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