I don‘t know if "better“, but when I read Doctorow‘s blog article I was reminded of what I read about the 16 tons song on Wikipedia. I first read the English ve

I don‘t know if "better“, but when I read Doctorow‘s blog article I was reminded of what I read about the 16 tons song on Wikipedia. I first read the English version and did not find what I was looking for. Then I tried German and there it was.