Selector for an embedded HTML element

Selector for an embedded HTML element

Hi, I'm still a newbie in JQuery, but trying to learn stuff as quickly as possible. Usually I find my way around with Google, but this time I'm really stuck!!

Recently, I got a table formatted similarly to this:

<table>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <span>I don't want to select this text 1</span>
      I want to select this text 1
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <span>I don't want to select this text 2</span>
      I want to select this text 2
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <span>I don't want to select this text 3</span>
      I want to select this text 3
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>


The problem that I have is that the texts that needs to be selected inside the tds are at the same level as the span above it, but because they don't have tags around it, I can't find a way to do it (sadly I can't change the table since is coming from an external source)

Can someone help me?

Thanks in advance.