Gordon Thompson
Born	Gordon Vincent Thompson (1888-08-09)9 August 1888 Humberstone, Ontario, Canada
Died	12 May 1965(1965-05-12) (aged 76) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)	Songwriter and publisher

Gordon Vincent Thompson (1888–1965) was a Canadian composer of patriotic and religious songs. ^[1] He founded the Thompson Publishing Company in 1911 and the Authors and Composers Association of Canada in 1918. ^[2] He then sold his business to Leo Feist and worked for them until 1932 when he started his own company again – Gordon V. Thompson Ltd. ^[2]

His work included: ^{[3] [2]}

• "When Jack Comes Back" (1915)
• "Where Is My Boy Tonight?" (1915)
• "Red Cross Nell and Khaki Jim" (1916)
• "When We Wind Up the Watch on the Rhine" (1917)
• "Heroes of the Flag (the New Veteran’s Song)" (1917)
• "For the Glory of the Grand Old Flag" (1918)
• "You Are Welcome Back at Home, Sweet Home" (1919)
• "Quintuplets' Lullaby" (1935)
• "In an Eastern Canadian Port" (1944)
• "Jesus is Lord" (1956)

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