October 9 [10:00 EDT] -- British folksinger Billy Bragg has been given a unique honor: the daughter of the late Woody Guthrie, a giant of American folksinging, has given Bragg a batch of his lyrics for songs that were never written.

Bragg is now setting them to music, and will record the results with Wilco¹s Jeff Tweedy and Jay Bennett in February.

Woody's daughter Nora contacted Bragg two years ago after hearing Billy's song "You Woke Up The Neighborhood," which happens to be the same title Woody Guthrie gave to a piece of his own artwork.

Bragg is also working on a documentary film on the life and work of Woody Guthrie.