Don't know if this will be any use to you Valmai, but Ewan Mc Coll wrote a song called (I think) My Old Man. It starts with the lines
       'My old man was a good old man'
       Worked at the moulding trade
       In the heat and dust of the iron foundry
       My old man was made
       Down on his knees in the moulding sand
       He wore his trade like a company brand
       He was one of the sack-cloth smoky band
       Yes that was my old man'

Think that's right, and the song goes on to say how the drudgery of the foundry killed the old man, but not his spirit.
Suggest you look it up and see if it's what you need.

Best of luck

Regards

Andy