For England is not flag or Empire
It is not money it is not blood
It's limestone gorge and granite fell
It's Weald and clay and Severn mud

It's blackbird singing from the may-tree
Lark ascending through the scales
Robin watching from his spade
And English earth beneath your nails

June Tabor - A Place called England

This is my favourite as of yesterday when I heard it for the first time whilst gardening. There was a blackbird and I did have English earth in my nails :-)