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HTML
<div>
<h1>This is header 1</h1>
<div>
<span> some text</span><br>
<span> some text</span><br>
<span> some text</span><br>
<span style="color:red;" class="myClass"> CLICK ME</span><br>
<span> some text</span><br>
<span> some text</span><br>
</div>
<h1>This is header 2</h1>
<div>
<span> some text</span><br>
<span> some text</span><br>
<span> some text</span><br>
<span> some text</span><br>
<span> some text</span><br>
<span> some text</span><br>
</div>
</div>
JavaScript
$("body").on('click', '.myClass', function() {
var text=$(this).closest( "h1" ).html();
alert(text);
});