YOU SAID:

there once was a man who went to sea with a bottle of rum

INTO JAPANESE

かつてラム酒のボトルを持って海に行った男がいました

BACK INTO ENGLISH

There used to be a man who went to the sea with a bottle of rum

INTO JAPANESE

ラム酒のボトルを持って海に行った男がいました

BACK INTO ENGLISH

There was a man who went to the sea with a bottle of rum

INTO JAPANESE

ラム酒のボトルを持って海に行った男がいました

BACK INTO ENGLISH

There was a man who went to the sea with a bottle of rum