YOU SAID:
Said my kind-hearted father as he took my hand
INTO JAPANESE
彼は私の手を取り、心優しい父は言った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He took my hand, my kind father said
INTO JAPANESE
彼は私の手を取りました、私の優しい父は言いました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He took my hand, my gentle father said
INTO JAPANESE
彼は私の手を取りました、私の優しい父は言いました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He took my hand, my gentle father said
That didn't even make that much sense in English.