C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.500246 Composed by Malcolm Arnold. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Pop,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. John Fries #113430. Published by John Fries (A0.500246). Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns.  You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer.  Solitaire is a ballad written by Neil Sedaka and Phil Cody. Cody employs playing the card game of solitaire as a metaphor for a man who lost his love through his indifference—while life goes on around him everywhere he's playing solitaire. The song is perhaps best known via its rendition by the Carpenters.