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HTML

<div class=dcsns-youtube>
    <span class="section-thumb">
        <a href="some-link"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/m4-1FZeoBtQ/default.jpg"></a>
    </span>
    <span class="section-title">
        <a href="some-link">Text 1</a>
    </span>
  </div>
<div>
  <div class=dcsns-youtube>
    <span class="section-thumb">
        <a href="some-link"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/m4-1FZeoBtQ/default.jpg" alt=""></a>
    </span>
    <span class="section-title">
        <a href="some-link">Text2</a>
    </span>
<div>

JavaScript

$('.dcsns-youtube .section-thumb a').attr('title', function(){
      return $(this).closest('.dcsns-youtube').find('.section-title a').text();
});