This isn't much to go on, but I have a memory of hearing Gordon Bok do a recitation at a concert long, long ago. I really can't remember much of anything coherent about it, except that I'm quite sure it contained the line "Don't send a boy to do a man's work!" It probably had something to do with the sea, and may (or may not!) have involved a sea serpent, or dragon, or suchlike magical creature.

Does that ring a bell with anyone?