child ballad number61,has only one version.
child ballad no 161,only one version.
child ballad 164,child 185,child 211, child222,child223,child 227,all have only one version.
so clearly there is no evidence that they have been folk processed,so if we used the folk process as solely the only way of defining a folk song as Howard Jones suggested here
Subject: RE: The Folk Process
From: Howard Jones - PM
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 03:39 AM

I am one of those who believe it is the crucial factor in identifying a folk song. There are plenty of very good songs which are perfectly compatible with the traditional repertoire, but until they have gone through the "folk process" and developed recognisable variants they cannot be "folk songs".
well do we throw these out and say they are not folk songs?they have no recognisable variants,but most of us would say they are folk songs,Eppie Morrie Battle of Agincourt, etc etc
Proffesor Child obviously thought otherwise,he thought they were worth collecting because of their quality,the fact there were no recognisable variants,did not exclude them from the collection.